Top Tips for a Single Parent Christmas Day from OneSpace.org.uk

As the Festive Season approaches & people start planning their celebrations and buying their gifts, it can bring about feelings of dread for Single Parents & people without large families to celebrate with. 

Here are some Top Tips for a Single Parent Christmas Day from OneSpace.org.uk

 

Make Christmas Yours

 

 

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1 First and foremost, DO NOT believe that everyone else in the world is enjoying a cosy family Christmas around a log fire. They aren’t.

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2. This is the year to create new family traditions with your children. Get them to make or choose new decorations and then have fun decking the tree as a family.

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3. Go out with the children and get holly and ivy and frame your photos or doorframes.  Make the house look magical for your children.

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4. On Christmas morning have a small treat just for you, next to your bed to wake up to.

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5. Open the stockings all together snuggled on your bed.

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6. Put on Christmas music and dance around the bedroom in your pyjamas just celebrating the day.

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7. Treat yourself to your favourite breakfast – bacon & eggs, salmon & cream cheese bagels, pancakes

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8. You might consider going to your local church for the morning service. Sing along to all your favourite hymns.

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9. Consider inviting other single parent friends over for lunch. A family is what you make it.

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10. Remember you’re not alone. If you need a bit of support or a boost on the day then chat to the other single mothers in the forums at onespace.org.uk, they’re a very friendly lot!

 

Tips from other single parents from our forums:

 

“I am going to eat chocolate on Christmas morning with my girls and then put the Mamma Mia CD on very loudly and dance around the Christmas tree”

 

“Every year I allow C to open one present Christmas Eve, we play board games too, all over the Christmas period. Even though there's just the two of us, I peel the vegs the night before, so I don't miss anything with him Christmas morning.”

 

“We camp out in the living room”

 

“What we like to do on Christmas Day is wear our favourite clothes that we don't usually wear - you know, the little black dress that you love but never get the chance to wear, or the really hideous top that is at the back of the wardrobe, but you can't bear to throw away because, well just because!!”

 

“Christmas Eve they get new pjs to open, we watch Xmas films have some nice treats to eat, leave carrots forrudolf we make 'Santa dust' To sprinkle before they go to bed its glitter, sugar whatever iv got it helps Santa find hosway to us, they each have a stocking they hang that at the end of their bed”

 

“each year we buy or make a new tree decoration to add to it” 

 

“Food shopping I cover by saving all myclubcard points from Tesco and Sainsbury and using them towards that cost”.

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