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Bored games?

Christmas in our house is summed up in three words: family, food and prezzies. I really hope you’ve managed to hang on to the religious meaning of Christmas which was lost in our family generations ago. My daughter thinks it’s an amazing coincidence that Jesus was born on Christmas day! “Amazing to think that that tiny baby grew up to be whiskery old Santa Claus.”

My top 2%er tip for Christmas is ‘enthusiasm’. Remember when you were seven? You just couldn’t wait to see what Santa had brought. And it almost didn’t matter what you received… the magic was that ‘he’d been’. And he always left a trail of evidence… few crumbs of mince pie, a half-eaten carrot, a drop of sherry left in the glass. It was all the proof you needed!

So, be as enthusiastic as you were when you were seven. Because the best thing of all is that emotions are contagious and enthusiasm will spread like wildfire. Sure, miserable Aunt Edna might be more of a slow burner, but the kids will catch it for sure! They’ll be burning brightly.

I’ve already challenged my kids to a game of Monopoly on Christmas day. And I don’t even like Monopoly (neither do my kids. Ollie calls it a ‘bored game’ which I always think it actually quite clever). Can the power of enthusiasm win over a couple of teenagers? Can I engineer just the right amount of enthusiasm to make it the best game of Monopoly ever, without overdoing it and the kids thinking I’ve been guzzling the eggnog?

One thing’s for sure, it’s going to be good fun trying!

Happy Christmas to you and yours

A x