7 Things to Avoid This Christmas Season 2025: Parents Edition
Christmas with kids is basically a glitter tornado wrapped in love. It’s sweet, loud, cozy, and somehow… you’re tired before breakfast. If you want more laughs, fewer meltdowns, and genuinely fun things to do on Christmas with kids , the secret isn’t doing more. It’s avoiding a few sneaky holiday traps that make everything feel harder than it needs to be. Here are seven things to avoid this Christmas 2025, plus easy swaps that keep the season simple, fun, and calm enough to actually enjoy. 1) Avoid overscheduling “perfect holiday days.” It’s so easy to plan Christmas like a highlight reel: festive breakfast, crafts, a venue outing, a holiday movie, a dinner, and a “quick” photo moment. But kids don’t experience Christmas as a checklist. They experience it as a feeling. When your day is packed, the smallest delay turns into stress. And stress spreads fast, especially when there are tiny humans involved. Swap it: Pick one main event per day. That’s it. One outing or one special plan,...