Let It Go (Parenting Aus)

Christmas is just over a week away and I’m now officially less organised than I thought I was.  I’ve bought cards, and stamps, but not combined the two and posted them yet.  I’ve bought most gifts, though a few are still outstanding and none of them are wrapped.  And there’s still a lot of cooking and decorating and organising to do for Christmas Day.  I need to remind myself that I can’t do everything, and some things I just have to let go of.

…As the silly season ramps up into overdrive, my advice for the sake of your children’s happiness and your sanity is to just let it go. Let go of your image of a perfect Christmas and simply aim for a happy day. Forget about that image you saw in a magazine or movie with the immaculate table setting, the wonderfully wrapped gifts, the perfectly presented food and the sweet smiling (clean) children. Pick one goal for yourself and focus on that instead. And have yourself a merry little Christmas…

Head over to Parenting Australia if you’d like to read all of this article, and feel free to comment here or there.  Will you get everything done on your Christmas to-do list, or are there things you’ll need to just let go of?