Toddler Friendly Holidays at Christmas
So you’ve decided to take the plunge and arranged a family ‘get away from it all’ Christmas break… but now you’re realising exactly what you will be ‘away from’ and are wondering how you’ll move the ‘family Christmas at home’ experience to another place!?
Here are our top 10 tips for family friendly holidays at Christmas, to make sure you all have a wonderfully relaxing trip…
1. Involve your children in the travel experience. Get out a map and show them where the family is going. Talk about how far you are travelling - just like Santa himself! Let your children help pack their suit cases and even choose Christmas gifts for members of the family with whom you’ll be holidaying.
2. Ensure they leave a note at home letting Santa know where they are so he can find them easily on Christmas Eve. If Santa is not able to hop down the chimney, let the kids leave suggestions as to an alternative way for their delivery. And of course, don’t forget to leave out a small tipple and a mince pie (or maybe a local equivalent!) at your journey’s end. He’s bound to be hungry after the extra trip from your house!
3. Find out whether the larger online retailers deliver to your destination. You can even get deliveries gift wrapped. Just remember to plan for how you’ll get them home! Perhaps try to keep a suitcase or fold away bag empty and keep everyone’s luggage to a minimum (at least you won’t usually need swimming gear at this time of year!) Try to plan presents that are small and lightweight to pack.
4. If you can’t take all the presents, talk about how children in Europe get theirs on Epiphany instead. Perhaps Santa will accommodate your plans and leave smaller than normal presents, or maybe leave some but with a note that there are still some more surprises waiting at home under the tree.
5. Make much of creating the same ‘Christmassy’ atmosphere they’ve left behind when you arrive - most properties will provide decorations, a tree etc for Christmas guests.
6. Take some Christmas songs Cds and stories for travelling to keep the festive spirit alive throughout your journey.
7. Investigate the local Christmas markets or make plans to visit a theme park that opens during the holiday season. Train rides, tours of lights and visits to see Santa are some of the things you can expect to find no matter where you go on baby friendly holidays at Christmas.
8. Pack a small bag of supplies for your tots to decorate your holiday home. Or pop to the local supermarket on arrival to stock up on the makings of some batches of Christmas biscuits!)
9. Before your trip, read about how children celebrate Christmas in other places.You can perhaps introduce some new traditions during your child friendly holidays, to take home with you for future Christmases.
10. Enjoy the relaxation that being away from your home environment brings - no racing around visiting friends and family, no sale shopping, no ‘let’s use the time off to decorate the spare room’ - just chill out and enjoy time as a family!
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