To not tell my children it's Christmas eve?

[MamaHechtick]

I have this idea, that for this year we won't tell DC's it's Christmas Eve. We don't do Christmas Eve boxes and they are usually disinterested in their advent calendars by mid December so don't really countdown as such. They will be 5 and 6.

My idea is they will get a good night's sleep, and I'm thinking that waking them up early and telling them it's Christmas morning will be a far bigger and exciting surprise.

Would I be unreasonable or mean for doing this? I think it's the only year we'd get away with it. We don't have any plans for Christmas Eve except a fairly quiet day with just us at home. Friends I've briefly discussed this with seem a bit off with it.

Good luck with that! My 6 year old wouldn’t fall for that. Also, I agree it’s one night of the year. You have to just suck it up. The children love the build up if you make it special and of course there’s the build up at school. It would be a shame to do this.