This is a favorite tradition in our house! I wrap up Christmas books (new or used) and have the boys open one a book each night in December at bedtime. I was given this idea by a woman I met who had also raised 3 boys and she wanted to make special Christmas memories without spending a lot of money.
You can really use any books you want. I have so many Christmas books, so I wrap used books. The boys get excited no matter what! You could buy new books as well. There have been years when I didn’t have enough Christmas books in my house and I used other books to match the theme: Penguins, Polar Bears, or Reindeer.
When the boys were all under the age of 5, I would number each book so that there would be less fighting and they could practice numbers. Some years I will leave the numbers off too. Either way works!
I used different wrapping papers from Target ($3 a roll) and some leftover from last year. This is a fun and memorable Christmas activity that doesn’t take much time or money. Here’s hoping bedtime for the month of December goes smooth!
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