Christmas

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How do you make christmas special for the kiddies? I am a recently single mum to a 6 year old ds. This is the first Xmas we will be on our own and im dreading it! The worst thing is i have no money and ds cant decide what he wants which gives me no time to plan ahead! Grrr

Can't advise on the lone parent bit but how about getting Santa to get him lots of little presents to open instead of worrying about getting one big thing? It will take more time to open and the excitement will last longer through the morning.

Decide together what you are going to eat, get him to help you prepare it and have whatever you both fancy.

Hope you have a great Christmas.

Will you spending it with family? That is always good, plenty of people and action around!

Is ex involved at all, will he be visiting?

you could make decorations together...old fashioned paper chains ect...and put them up on christmas eve. agree with kbear to buy lots of little prezzies so more excitement. put on the radio in the morning so the christmas carols are playing it'll be lovely...i want an invite now, im filling up, getting excited myself! hope you two have a fantastic christmas. good luck x

you could make decorations together...old fashioned paper chains ect...and put them up on christmas eve. agree with kbear to buy lots of little prezzies so more excitement. put on the radio in the morning so the christmas carols are playing it'll be lovely...i want an invite now, im filling up, getting excited myself! hope you two have a fantastic christmas. good luck x

ooops sorry! got over enthusiastic!!

in a similar position. i'm putting by some money etc. but also trying to put in place some christmas trads of our own. having a pot luck lunch on xmas eve, then palnning to watch polar express and snuggle up on the sofa. been summoned to mothers to sleep xmas eve (apparantley if i dont have a partner, i dont get to chosse where we wake up) but plans to meet the local mums (none single) in the park for an hour to get the kids out the house for an hour. will take hot choc and, er, wine - think everyone is eating later, so can do it before meal. also, appropriating a diff friends family trad - going to get all the kids to make decs in december and take them to the park to dec a tree before we do the play park... point is - make it the christmas youve always wanted, even if it is on a budget. good luck. x

I'm not in the same position but my mum was a single parent and I looked forward to xmas as some how she made it the most special time of the year. If she managed to save enough money we would have a big present and then some little ones but if not we would have loads of little presents. We would have fish fingers and mash on xmas eve and an early night. We would light a special candle and take it to bed with us (my brother and I would always share a bedroom at xmas as it was more exciting!!) My mum would read us Twas the Night before Xmas and we would leave a mince pie etc out and hang up or stockings. In the morning we would go into my mums with a stocking and sit on her bed for an hour or so going through the stockings. Then we'd go down and open up pressies from 'santa'. We'd have brekkie which we'd all help to do, laying up the table all posh etc!!! Presents from elsewhere in the family would be under the tree and we'd open those after brekkie. We'd then spend all day taking it in turns playing with toys etc and watching xmas tv. What my mum used to also do was fill the cupboards with all the treats she couldn't afford through the rest of the year. Fizzy drinks, sweets that lind of thing. I know it sounds crap but we used to think it was the best!! All in all, it wasn't so much what we got but the routine and traditions we had and the time we got with each other as a family. Hope you both have a fantastic time

Hi, I am a single mum to 2 sons and am facing my first christmas on our own.
I have been buying little pressies to put away for the last few months and have found some real bargains on car boot sales, in charity shops and even in the local paper.
I think the best thing I can do this year is to not plan anything - just go with the flow and let the kids decide on their own routing - I find that I get stressed if I make plans and things go wrong!!
I'm sure whatever you do, you will have fun and it will be a christmas to look back on in years to come.
Good luck
Lindsey

I was on my own last year, I think painting a big smile on your face and trying to make it a fun day all about your son enjoying himself should do the trick.