kids getting up really early on christmas day? How to keep them in a bed longer!

zubezube

I have to wake my kids up too, i go downstairs and make as much noise as i possibly can, usually about 6ish cos i can't wait any longer:o . " years ago youngest (then 3) refused to get up, rolled over and went back to sleep:eek:
Other two were not happy as i wouldn't let them in to see if Santa had been without us all going together.

But it is a really good idea for all the people who do want a lie in.:beer:

black-saturn

I used to keep them up as late as possible on christmas eve. When they looked like they were dropping off I would wake them up. Then they would sleep a little longer on christmas day. Now they are 12 and 9 they stay in bed a bit longer anyway.

Pooky

Why do I get the feeling that Christmas is more exciting for the adults after reading this? lol :rotfl:

We normally lie there waiting for them to wake up - we open stockings on our bed (kids have always hated the thought of santa going into their room so stockings are hung on the end of our bed) then we have a cup of tea whilst DH checks to see if Santas had time to leave anything in the living room - he lights the fire when he's in there too.....but we don't go in until we're all ready......wouldn't miss seeing those little faces for anything.

ambernora

I used to get my brother up at 3am every year. Now I'm older and have my own kids I still want to get up early, I end up going in to wake them up. I just get so excited. I love christmas!!

ikkleosu

I don't have kids, and my folks never had trouble keeping us in bed as kids -we loved a lie in more than the idea of presents! LOL

But how about saying that Santa will leave a special clock by their bed and they are not allowed to get up before Santa's alarm goes off, as it only goes off when he is safe back at the north Pole and it means the kids can open their presents now. I'm sure you could get a Christmassy alarm clock that you could put away with decs and just bring out Christmas eve when they are already ih bed.

postingalwaysposting

the way my mum kept us in bed longer was to put a present at the end of our beds... that present was always colouring stuff so we would do that and not wake them up... now though i usually get up about 9am then come on here till about 10am then i have a shower and get changed and then i am ready for dinner :rotfl: my brother isnt impressed neither is my sister when my mum collects her :rotfl: ah well...

Becles

We have the 7 o'clock rule.

If the children wake me up before 7am in the morning, I'm cross and they lose all their priviledges for the day.

I never told them it doesn't apply on Christmas Day, so they have always stayed in their rooms till 7am

lost_soul_6

Don't have any kids but always spend christmas eve at friends house one year i went outside and got his bike that santa had left in the shed and proped it on the back door rang the bell and went outside the fence and watched while he answered never noticed the bike and kept saying hello into the garden 5 mins later he noticed and what joy came over him when he noticed his new bike

smileysaver

We like to get up to make the most of the day, which is about 6 normally!!
My parents have had to wake me and my siblings up a couple of times though - 9 o'clock we slept in till on time!!

^!£$&

Me and my sister always woke up early about 5 as father christmas had kindly put our stockings on the end of our beds so we would go in each others rooms and compare stocking fillers- then we would eat some chocolate coins leave the satsuma and go back to bed for a couple of hours! Arghh the good old days!