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Christmas

harrysmum

Hi.  I'm mum to a 5 year old son with autism.  He's in mainstream school and I was looking for any tips or advice on dealing with Christmas.  The other children in his class are excited about Santa and I'm wondering how to explain things.  Also any advice on dealing with all the changes to his routine?  Thanks.

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  • We have a Jesse tree, which is a Christian tradition I came across on another forum. Traditionally a Jesse tree is tiny but what we do is put our Christmas tree up, bare, and then we have an advent calendar with pockets and each pocket contains 2 decorations (one a little book with an angel on and the other a picture relevant to that day's jesse tree theme). I have 2 decorations because I have 2 children and it saves arguments!

    If you're not religious, simply putting a small tree decoration in each pocket of a pocket advent calendar is a way to slowly dress the tree and gradually introduce more decorations and the idea of Christmas over the month of December.

    We use visual supports to show routine for our son and they make a big difference.

    I'm not sure what our son believes about "Farmer Christmas" as he calls him, so can't help much on that one I'm afraid!

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  • We have a Jesse tree, which is a Christian tradition I came across on another forum. Traditionally a Jesse tree is tiny but what we do is put our Christmas tree up, bare, and then we have an advent calendar with pockets and each pocket contains 2 decorations (one a little book with an angel on and the other a picture relevant to that day's jesse tree theme). I have 2 decorations because I have 2 children and it saves arguments!

    If you're not religious, simply putting a small tree decoration in each pocket of a pocket advent calendar is a way to slowly dress the tree and gradually introduce more decorations and the idea of Christmas over the month of December.

    We use visual supports to show routine for our son and they make a big difference.

    I'm not sure what our son believes about "Farmer Christmas" as he calls him, so can't help much on that one I'm afraid!

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