Traditions & memories
Family customs and memories worth keeping. Choose what to carry on, change or try for the first time this Christmas.
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Father Christmas in a bilingual family
A note can sound like your household even when relatives call Christmas by different names and speak different languages.
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Christmas Eve presents or Christmas morning? Choose your family’s rhythm
Different childhood traditions can meet in one household without making the children guess when presents happen.
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Nochebuena and Father Christmas in a British family
A Spanish-speaking family gathering on the 24th can sit alongside British Christmas morning habits.
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Father Christmas or Santa Claus? A British parent’s guide to the names
Both names appear around British children. You can use the name that feels natural at home and explain the other one when it comes up.
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Baby Jesus in English, Santa in Czech: a bilingual Christmas.
A bilingual Christmas story can use the words and traditions your child knows at home. Decide how you will tell it together before choosing a name for the visitor.
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Keep a few Christmas letters as a family memory
Choose the letters or drawings you want to keep, add the year and put them somewhere easy to find next Christmas.
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