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The reality of Christmas Day often does not live up to our high expectations and the Christmas we remembered as children when it all seemed exciting, stress-free, money was no concern and all we had to think about was whether we would get every single present we had asked for.
It would be nice if Christmas Day was exactly as it would be if it were a Disney film – the family gathers together to celebrate the festive season in total peace and harmony, everyone gets along well, there are no arguments, everyone shares the chores and it is a relaxing and enjoyable time. All the children get the presents they want and are extremely grateful and highly appreciative. In fact, they start on their thank you letters straight away! None of their new expensive toys get broken or arrive without batteries, and no-one is bored an hour after they have all been opened.
But Christmas is rarely like that, especially when families are thrown together for long periods yet they have not seen each other all year, often through choice! Where step-families are involved it gets even more complicated and again when both sets of in-laws want you to be with them on Christmas Day. Then there are divorced parents where Dad buys an expensive present that Mum neither approves of or can afford.
By Christmas morning children are often over-excited and over-tired. The Christmas celebrations have been building up in their schools and nurseries since October. (My daughter started rehearsing her Christmas play in September). If they are not over-tired then children are hyper-active having consumed an entire chocolate selection box before Christmas dinner is even in the oven.
Then there’s the dinner itself and something always goes wrong. Something is forgotten, something is burnt, and someone always seems to notice. Or worse still there’s a guest who fails to tell you they are vegetarian until the turkey is on the table, and even the vegetables have been doused in animal fat. So it’s bread and Vegemite or nothing!
And then, of course, there’s the washing up and the arguments over who is going to do it, and who can’t do it because they have fallen asleep in the chair despite the fact they have done nothing to help in any of the preparations. And there’s always someone who has had one glass of sherry too many and who you would like to fall asleep in the chair but who instead is creating even more tension by reminding everyone about embarrassing incidents we would all rather forget (usually relating to the previous Christmas!)
Even before the big day arrives tensions can be running high: some friend has taken offence because you haven’t sent them a Christmas card, presents that have been bought months in advance are now half price, and then an unexpected bill arrives on Christmas Eve, and to make matters worse it isn’t the credit card bill. That is bound to arrive a nine o’clock sharp as soon as the world is up and running again on January 2nd.
But it’s not all bad. The children are happy, the atmosphere, on the whole, is good, and you have only gained half a stone in weight. It could be worse!
For the best playschool in Pune go to this link http://www.toddlersnursery.org/
The reality of Christmas Day often does not live up to our high expectations and the Christmas we remembered as children when it all seemed exciting, stress-free, money was no concern and all we had to think about was whether we would get every single present we had asked for.
It would be nice if Christmas Day was exactly as it would be if it were a Disney film – the family gathers together to celebrate the festive season in total peace and harmony, everyone gets along well, there are no arguments, everyone shares the chores and it is a relaxing and enjoyable time. All the children get the presents they want and are extremely grateful and highly appreciative. In fact, they start on their thank you letters straight away! None of their new expensive toys get broken or arrive without batteries, and no-one is bored an hour after they have all been opened.
But Christmas is rarely like that, especially when families are thrown together for long periods yet they have not seen each other all year, often through choice! Where step-families are involved it gets even more complicated and again when both sets of in-laws want you to be with them on Christmas Day. Then there are divorced parents where Dad buys an expensive present that Mum neither approves of or can afford.
By Christmas morning children are often over-excited and over-tired. The Christmas celebrations have been building up in their schools and nurseries since October. (My daughter started rehearsing her Christmas play in September). If they are not over-tired then children are hyper-active having consumed an entire chocolate selection box before Christmas dinner is even in the oven.
Then there’s the dinner itself and something always goes wrong. Something is forgotten, something is burnt, and someone always seems to notice. Or worse still there’s a guest who fails to tell you they are vegetarian until the turkey is on the table, and even the vegetables have been doused in animal fat. So it’s bread and Vegemite or nothing!
And then, of course, there’s the washing up and the arguments over who is going to do it, and who can’t do it because they have fallen asleep in the chair despite the fact they have done nothing to help in any of the preparations. And there’s always someone who has had one glass of sherry too many and who you would like to fall asleep in the chair but who instead is creating even more tension by reminding everyone about embarrassing incidents we would all rather forget (usually relating to the previous Christmas!)
Even before the big day arrives tensions can be running high: some friend has taken offence because you haven’t sent them a Christmas card, presents that have been bought months in advance are now half price, and then an unexpected bill arrives on Christmas Eve, and to make matters worse it isn’t the credit card bill. That is bound to arrive a nine o’clock sharp as soon as the world is up and running again on January 2nd.
But it’s not all bad. The children are happy, the atmosphere, on the whole, is good, and you have only gained half a stone in weight. It could be worse!
For the best playschool in Pune go to this link http://www.toddlersnursery.org/
