I like Christmas, I do, at least I think I do! Presents are more or less bought and good old Mr. Tesco is coming like a blue and white striped Santa Clause on Sunday. As always though, there is the annual problem of making the day special whilst not bigging it up too much that the kids can’t cope with it. Take Sunday for example. The Christmas tree was bought, the lights put on and the decorations brought down from the loft. Within half an hour, the tree had fallen down thanks to Michael 'helping' to straighten an already straight tree! Within three quarters of an hour all the decorations were put upstairs and the activity aborted for the day as the sheer excitement of everything had become too much and was definitely not peace and goodwill to man! What to us is a fun time can very quickly degenerate into sensory overload and complete hell for our children. This year, thank goodness, we are on our own for Christmas day itself which I am soooo looking forward to. Even though relatives are fab, there is always that extra pressure, those extra cups of tea to make and just more stuff which always seems to add to the muddle. This year we may do a roast or we may just do sausages - we're going to wait and see how we feel. If we want to spend the day in our PJ’s we will and if Michael wants to walk around in the nude, then so what! We all want to have a good day and make it special, but for our two at least their definition of a good day is a bit different to others!
Have a lovely Christmas, whatever you do, and Special Families would like to wish you all a safe and stress free 2010.