Christmas

Hi - during the testing we are seeing some problems, one of those is that a user seemed to be posting from the wrong account. So in the short term I'm reposting these messages as quotes whilst we sort the account out - sorry about this.

Hi, we started with the usual Santa routine, and my son was more excited than the other 'normal' children, it took us a couple of years to understand why he didn't sleep on christmas eve, 1/2 hour if we were lucky, he was worrying about how a stranger (Santa) was going to get into our house, and that a burglar might be watching Santa to see how it was done.  So now Santa leaves things in our garage and doesn't come into the house and gives a secret knock to my husband to say that he has been so that he can bring the presents staight in.  As a child my parents left a sack at the end of my bed but nothing goes in my son's room as that is his sanctuary presents are left downstairs.  We stick to a routine on xmas eve, taking them to the cinema (a normal weekly occurence for them) and going to a KFC or McDs to while away the day and not get too excited.  My extended family used to all meet xmas eve to exchange presents but my son can't handle the excitement so we visit family individually and presents are exchanged on a small scale.  My son also knows what he is having as presents as the unkown parcel can keep him awake wondering what it is. Surprises really upset him.  He is 13 years old and still believes!  Hope this christmas is easier for you x

Hi - during the testing we are seeing some problems, one of those is that a user seemed to be posting from the wrong account. So in the short term I'm reposting these messages as quotes whilst we sort the account out - sorry about this.

Hi, we started with the usual Santa routine, and my son was more excited than the other 'normal' children, it took us a couple of years to understand why he didn't sleep on christmas eve, 1/2 hour if we were lucky, he was worrying about how a stranger (Santa) was going to get into our house, and that a burglar might be watching Santa to see how it was done.  So now Santa leaves things in our garage and doesn't come into the house and gives a secret knock to my husband to say that he has been so that he can bring the presents staight in.  As a child my parents left a sack at the end of my bed but nothing goes in my son's room as that is his sanctuary presents are left downstairs.  We stick to a routine on xmas eve, taking them to the cinema (a normal weekly occurence for them) and going to a KFC or McDs to while away the day and not get too excited.  My extended family used to all meet xmas eve to exchange presents but my son can't handle the excitement so we visit family individually and presents are exchanged on a small scale.  My son also knows what he is having as presents as the unkown parcel can keep him awake wondering what it is. Surprises really upset him.  He is 13 years old and still believes!  Hope this christmas is easier for you x