{"id":140577,"date":"2016-12-24T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=140577"},"modified":"2016-12-24T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:01:17","slug":"tips-to-keep-the-little-ones-calm-on-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/2016\/12\/24\/tips-to-keep-the-little-ones-calm-on-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to keep the little ones calm on Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of having to spend the whole day threatening your children, try these tips to keep the little ones calm this Christmas Eve.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Christmas movie marathon<\/b><br \/>\nBust out all of your favourite classic Christmas movies. Oldies like, \u201cIt\u2019s a Wonderful Life\u201d, \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d or \u201cThe Grinch\u201d are ideal.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><b>The &#8216;just one gift&#8217; tradition<\/b><br \/>\nIf the whole family is getting a little impatient, you can always bust out the &#8220;just one gift&#8221; tradition. Everyone gets to open a single present, then you&#8217;ll all have something to play with on Christmas Eve night.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Bake Santa&#8217;s cookies<\/b><br \/>\nYou need some yummy cookies to leave Santa Clause on Christmas Eve, don\u2019t you? Well instead of laying out store-bought ones, let your little ones help make homemade cookies for the big guy. They can even spend an hour or two decorating the perfect Christmas tree sugar cookie.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><b>Long bubble baths<\/b><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s nothing holiday-inspired about this suggestion. But a nice, long bubble bath is the perfect way to calm down your little one before they&#8217;re supposed to dream of sugar plums.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Clean out for new toys<\/b><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re in a sneaky mood, tell your children that they can only keep their Christmas toys if they have space in their room for these new gifts. You&#8217;ll get some serious cleaning done very quickly.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tour the Christmas lights<\/b><br \/>\nIt gets everyone out of the house and it&#8217;s completely free. Drive around different neighbourhoods and check out all the Christmas lights on display. It&#8217;s entertainment for at least an hour or two.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Play &#8216;ghost of Christmas past&#8217;<\/b><br \/>\nGather up the children and spend a little time reminiscing about past Christmases. Talk about your favourite presents, great past memories and special traditions. Pull out the old photo albums to relive all your best holidays.<br \/>\n* Information obtained from www.mommyish.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='3215e40739ae4ae258b3273e18ce57f1'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all remember what it was like to spend Christmas Eve excitedly bouncing off the walls and annoying our parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":140656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3686],"tags":[13174,977,13175,2398,5598,6094,8996],"class_list":["post-140577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-news","tag-calming-kids","tag-children","tag-christmas-eve","tag-gifts","tag-movies","tag-presents","tag-santa"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["calming kids","children","christmas eve","gifts","movies","presents","santa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}