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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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  • Our Christmas day follows a similar routine to a normal day.  Me and my parents open our presents before he gets up and then he opens his in the day time after his normal morning routine.  He enjoys ripping the paper off and playing with the packaging sometimes more than he enjoys the presents inside.  We do not have any relatives round.  He has his normal meals and snacks when he wants them but he also gets to pull a cracker with us.

    He does not mind the change of decoration has he likes looking at the lights on the tree. He also likes finding and eating all the chocolate baubles we add to the tree on Christmas day for him.

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  • Our Christmas day follows a similar routine to a normal day.  Me and my parents open our presents before he gets up and then he opens his in the day time after his normal morning routine.  He enjoys ripping the paper off and playing with the packaging sometimes more than he enjoys the presents inside.  We do not have any relatives round.  He has his normal meals and snacks when he wants them but he also gets to pull a cracker with us.

    He does not mind the change of decoration has he likes looking at the lights on the tree. He also likes finding and eating all the chocolate baubles we add to the tree on Christmas day for him.

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