The excitement is real. Here’s to making Christmas even more magical.
These Santa and Friends Christmas crackers will go down as a treat with the youngsters. Six Christmas crackers, a fun gift, a colourful paper hat and a joke. R275 from hollyandivy.co.za
Spend an afternoon baking … this Christmas Gingerbread House kit has everything you need … just add fun! R189.99 from Woolworths.
Pop a Reindeer lolly pop on each child’s place setting … also Santa and Christmas tree options. R42 from harckandheart.co.za
Glitter heart clips, R79.95 for a set of four, and Reindeer alice band, R119, from Woolworths
A Santa in Car snow globe, to be displayed year after year. R999 from thechristmasco.co.za
Bedtime stories
Christmas eve gifts … books for a bedtime story, then quickly to sleep so Santa can pop down the chimney to deliver the gifts.
Dr Seuss’ How The Grinch Lost Christmas – a sequel to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and equally as humorous, with the Grinch determined to win Who-ville’s Christmas tree contest. HarperCollins UK Children, R399.
It’s chaos at Christmas, as a whole host of animals get into silly situations as they try to celebrate the season. You Can’t Let an Elephant Pull Santa’s Sleigh by Patricia Cleveland-Peck and David Tazzyman is a delight … hysterically funny. Bloomsbury, R220
A magical story about a 10-year-old girl who is convinced her mum’s new boyfriend is Father Christmas (he even works on a reindeer farm). LD Lapinski’s brilliant Step Father Christmas in 25 chapters … so one a night with two on Christmas eve. Orion, R220.
The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas – a magnificent musical novel by Matt Lucas, about Leo’s first Christmas without his mum. There are QR codes that you can scan, and listen to the song as you read … with all the words at the back, so you can sing along too. Farshore, R295.
