When the child's birthday coincides with Christmas
When the child's birthday coincides with the Christmas holidays what should be done? Celebrate part birthday? Do not? And the gifts, all mixed? It is inevitable that the dilemma of what to do, whether or not to celebrate the birthday, should be mixed or not with the holidays and traditions and allow
When the child's birthday coincides with the Christmas holidays what should be done? Celebrate part birthday? Do not? And the gifts, all mixed?
It is inevitable that the dilemma of what to do, whether or not to celebrate the birthday, should be mixed or not with the holidays and traditions and allow that special day for any child is tarnished by all the assemblies and Christmas preparations ... While Each family will have its own rituals and traditions, which should always take precedence is that the child is the true protagonist of that day.
Give the children common sense
Gifts of Santa Claus, of Kings and of birthdays or only of birthdays? The children wait and live with hope the arrival of Christmas and with it all the gifts they have asked for in their letters, but they also live with the same wish the date of their birthday. It is something we should not forget when the dates coincide.
What should we do when the dates coincide? It is best to act with common sense. Children deserve to be children while they are keeping alive their illusions and fantasies, those deposited in the Magi but also those who expect their loved ones. Therefore we will try to differentiate between that magical and the real, making it very clear which gifts are ours and which are those that belong to the Magi or those that Santa Claus brought during the Christmas night. With this perspective in mind you have to keep having common senseregarding the amount of gifts you will receive
. We know that children who receive an exaggerated amount of gifts during these dates are overwhelmed, and that prevents them from really understanding the value of the gifts and do not know which one to turn to. They get nervous, they get upset but they do not play. They do not get excited or excited with that toy they had wanted so much. They are trapped by the consumer vortex and devour flashy color packs containing more and more toys. But they do not play with any of them because they pass from one to another without knowing where to go concretely. How many toys children who have birthday at Christmas should receive?Knowing this, we must act accordingly. Gifts yes,
but the amount just and necessary
, should always be less than 10 toys. Gifts yes, but better few and well chosen, among them there should always be a book, an educational toy and something that they have asked with the utmost enthusiasm, but not all of the endless list that usually in their letters to the Magi and Santa Claus. And ours, those of the birthday, should not be those that appear in the letter unless we can give a very well thought out answer to not break the magic.
