With Christmas getting more and more about shopping, parents throughout the Globe, religious or not, are worried about the true meaning of the holiday getting lost on their children. There is a way, however, to teach kids what Christmas really is all about. Here are some tips and tricks for showing your little ones how to celebrate it meaningfully.
1. Make It Fun
Watch the video below to get an idea of how difficult it is for kids to understand and explain the story of Christmas.
Explaining Jesus Christ and his story to children can be quite challenging for parents as well. All the more so if you don’t feel it. Since kids are visual creatures, it’s best to show them the story of Christ with a cartoon. That way they’ll be able to imagine and understand the time and place where it all started. YouTube is full of comprehensive yet simple and cute animated films that explain the story of Christmas to even the smallest of children in a fun way.
2. Put It In Terms They’ll Understand
There’s only one thing kids love more than Christmas – their birthday! The best solution for them to grasp the idea that Christmas is a day when we celebrate the birth of Jesus is to tell them that Christmas is in fact Jesus’ birthday. Encourage them to do just as they would on any other person’s birthday – think about them, celebrate their life and be grateful for them.
TIP: Some parents find it helpful to make a birthday cake to help the littlest ones grasp the fact that Christmas is a birthday of somebody really important.
3. Encourage Kids To Do Good
Furthermore, the kids need to understand that to follow the example of the good man Jesus, people should make it especially important to serve others at Christmas. Before asking your kids to write a letter to Santa, ask them to write one where they ask for somebody else’s wish to come true. Moreover, help your little ones prepare care packages for kids in need and deliver them to your local charity. This will allow the kids to think about others first and inspire their compassion.
HINT: Choose both a charity that helps children and an animal welfare charity to teach your kids to care for all creatures.
3. Read A Christmas book
Dive deeper into the power of Christmas with a children’s Christmas book. Make it a personalized book to help kids relate to the story easily. Hooray Heroes’ personalized Christmas book for parents and kids lets your little ones discover the true meaning of Christmas in 10 personalized stories featuring them and either mom or dad. Each festive story covers one Christmas activity and a topic that gives it meaning: making a wish, spending time with your family, helping others, feeling at home, the importance of perseverance and many many more.
4. Let Them Express Their Emotions
Christmas time is the perfect time to talk to your kids about the importance of traditions and manners. Tell them about the custom of writing and sending Christmas greeting cards to your family members’ and friends’ homes. Invite them to think about the people they love, the things they wish for them and let them come up with the own greeting card quotes. Get personalized greeting cards for your family and make greeting card writing even more exciting for kids.
…and last name! 
A beautiful family card with your likenesses…
TIP: Let your children make their mark of this year’s greeting cards with their playfullness. Tell them a few jolly Xmas jokes to inspired their season’s greetings.
5. Give Them A Gift That’s Forever
Although gifts come last on the list of what a child really needs, a Christmas keepsake goes a long way in showing kids what the true meaning of Christmas is. A book is always the best gift for kids who have everything, even more so if it’s a personalized one. Personalize your kid(s) and choose 10 or 15 heartfelt Christmas stories in which the winter’s cuttest creatures from around the Globe take you on a journey in search of the spirit of Christmas.
6. Teach Them To Give Meaningful Gifts
Most importantly, Christmas is an opportunity for kids to learn generosity. After all, Christmas is about giving! Let your kids choose which people they’d like to get a gift for. Encourage them to think about what would make those people happy and what they’d enjoy. If you’d like to join in on the Christmas gift, opt for the personalized Christmas book for the kids and either mom or dad. Personalized your kid and your partner, then let your little one choose 10 or 15 Christmas wishes for his mommy and daddy. This is bound to be the most emotional gift under the Christmas tree this year.
NOTE: Teach them that it’s important to shop sensibly, responsibly, and sustainably. But above all, make sure they understand you don’t need to buy anything to be thoughtful and make somebody happy for Christmas. There’s nothing cuter and kinder than a DIY gift. Check some last-minute home-made gift ideas at the button below.
To sum up, there are many fun and easy ways to make children understand what Christmas is really about and why it means so much. Take their attention away from gifts, movies, and candy this Christmas season, and show them that true joy can only be found in what we do for others.
May this festive season bring lots of joy and happiness in your life!
