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What to do on Christmas Eve in Munich?

How do I go about Christmas Eve/Day...too much for my toddler!! HELP?

  • I am engaged and have a son from a different relationship. He will be 3 at the end of this month. He is going to have a lot going on for Christmas eve and day unless I cut something out. Christmas Eve- lunch at fiance's dad's, candlelight service at church, 7pm at my cousin's house. Christmas Day- Church and then my baby leaves me to go with his dad from noon to 7pm :( I have decided to do Santa on Christmas eve morning instead of Christmas day. My fiance thinks that I should do it the day AFTER Christmas!! I am not going to put my son's Christmas last on the list because of all the other things going on. He is going to be getting a power wheels tractor and I don't want to force him to leave it to go somewhere for lunch. Is it bad if we go and visit my fiance's dad and family earlier in the week and I will just leave it up to my son on whether or not he wants to leave his toys to go over there on Christmas Eve? I just don't know how else to do it but I do know that my son comes first no matter what. Any advice would be great. Thank you!

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    Christmas is about family, not presents, I think it would be a not very nice thing to not go to your fiances parents house because your son is playing with toys, they will be there when he gets back. Holidays are all about having fun experiences, they are supposed to be busy, and what you described really isnt that much of a packed schedule, its just lunch, church, and your cousins house. If your son isnt going to his dads house until noon, why do santa the day before? Why not do it on Christmas morning? Christmas is a family time and that is your new family, your son will have all morning to play with his tractor up until lunch and a lunch earlier in the week wont have the same meaning as one with your family on Christmas eve. If you ask a three year old "do you want to play with your toys or go eat lunch" of course hes going to say toys, kids are like that, but you need to show him that Christmas is about family and celebrating life, not about the gifts. If you dont go, its basically saying to your fiance and his father "my sons toys come before your feelings." When I was a child I would have to leave my toys an hour after opening them to go to my grandmothers house, it honestly never bothered me.

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A child caught in the mix makes things just peachy huh?? (sarcasm sorry I'm from a divorced family) Anyway for the eve I don't think there's too much. I think letting him open presents on the eve is just fine just tell him "Santa came early because he knew you had to be at your dad's tomorrow, he didn't want you to have to wait all day." But being 3, he won't care one way or another. He's your son too and if his dad doesn't like it that's too bad for him, he does NOT make the rules on when he can open his gifts or not.

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