How To Prepare For Santa’s Visit

Kelci Scannapieco

First, in order for Santa to drop all of your most desired presents off at your house, he needs to know what you want this year for Christmas. Early in the month of December, fill out a list of toys you would like Santa to bring you on Christmas Eve.

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After you write down the presents you hope to receive this year, the letter must be mailed off to the North Pole. This way, Santa and his elves can start building the toys you want! In order to give the elves plenty of time to work on your toys, mail the letter early in December.

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Family and friends are very important to remember over the holidays. Filling out Chritmas cards and sending them to your loved ones will really help make the season bright!

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In order to stay on Santa’s “nice” list, make sure you continue to do good deeds throughout the year. Helping mom and dad around the house is a great way to stay at the top of Santa’s list. After all, you do not want to find coal in your stocking on Christmas morning!

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Helping your parents decorate outdoors is a tremendous help for them after all they do for you. Remember; you want to continue doing good deeds so Santa knows you deserve your presents on Christmas day. Mom and dad will also be happy to see you helping around the house.

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Mom may even need you to get those “hard to reach” places for her. Decorating the outside of the house will make everyone’s Christmas spirit come alive!

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Decorating the inside the house is just as important to spread Christmas cheer. A nativity scene is especially important to remind people what Christmas is all about.

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The next step is to hang up your stocking by the fireplace so Santa can fill it with lots of goodies. All of those good deeds you have been doing all year have been adding up so you do not end up with a big lump of coal in your stocking!

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One of the best parts about Chritmas is decorating the family Christmas tree. It is a rather long process, but the time spent together bonding with family is well worth it.

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Once you manage to get the lights strung all the way around the tree, the real fun begins- hanging your favorite holiday ornaments!

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The ornaments are most people’s favorite part about decorating their Christmas tree. Here, the tradtional pickle ornament is being placed on the tree. A very old Christmas Eve tradition in Germany was to hide a pickle ornament deep in the branches of the family Christmas tree. The first person to find the pickle is said to get an extra present from Santa Claus and good luck for the whole year!

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The finishing touch for the Christmas tree is to place a star on the very top of the tree. This star represents the Star of Bethlehem also placed in nativity scenes for Christmas.

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Many people include their pets as a close part of their family. In this case, your pets need to be just as much in the Christmas spirit as the rest of the family. Be sure to put a Christmas collar on your dog with a bell dangling from it. After all, they want toys from Santa too!

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Christmas caroling is a tradition taking place on the cold nights of December leading up to Christmas day. Churches gather groups of carolers together to spread warm Christmas cheer around the community.

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After caroling out in the cold of the night it is time to warm up by the fire with a large cup of hot chocolate!

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It is Christmas Eve and after baking gingerbread men, they are cooled down and ready to be decorated. Santa cannot steer his sleigh around the world all night on an empty stomach!

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Make sure you place Santa’s cookies and cup of milk out in plain sight so he does not miss them on his way walking over to your Christmas tree. It is also a good idea to leave a little snack for Santa’s reindeer who are hard at work guiding the sleigh throughout the night. Take a wild guess at who gets to eat the red M&M...

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In some families, it is a tradition to read holiday books on Christmas Eve. The Night Before Christmas is a famous book to have your mom read to you before Santa’s visit.

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Now, it is time to get a good night’s sleep so Santa comes and places the presents under your Christmas tree. You never want to stay awake to try and get a peek at the Christmas magic of Santa because then he will not come to your house. The best place to be is in your bed, sound asleep, before the clock stikes midnight.

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It is Christmas morning and time to go downstairs to see what Santa has brought for you and your family members! The most important thing to remember about today is it is the day Christ was born and a perfect day to be thankful for all you have been blessed with while making new memories with friends and family.

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