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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Santa in a bilingual home: one Christmas, two languages
A family message can use two languages without repeating every line word for word.
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Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? One family, two traditions
When adults grew up opening gifts at different times, choose a plan children can understand before the first package appears.
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Nochebuena and Santa: a timeline for a family with both traditions
A Nochebuena gathering and Christmas morning stockings can both have a place when the adults agree on their order.
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Santa, Father Christmas or Papá Noel? One family, several names
Children hear different names at school, in films and from relatives. You can explain your own family’s words without inventing one universal rule.
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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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