Childhood Christmas: Memories That Never Go Away

I had an admixture of feeling the excitement and grandeur of Christmas and at the same time the pang of childhood memories. When you are adult and a mother you make sure that your child will experience the celebration with so much joy and happiness that you once have experienced or have not experience during your childhood. You will make all the effort to have your child’s memories during Christmas a happy one. But when the season is over, your attempt to make your child happy is also over. Especially when you are a working mom, you return to old ways and routine and sometimes forget the presence of your child. But do you know that when a person becomes adult, the memory that retains in his mind is the memories of childhood years and it becomes the inner conscience as he grows old. And when these memories comprises of sad events most likely he’ll end up frustrated in life. Having happy memories as a child will have a positive impact as the person becomes adult, maybe he’ll end up happy also. So if you’re a mother like me, make your child’s memories a joyful one. And if you think Christmas season is the time you can bring twinkle in your toddler’s eyes, think again. Remember Christmas happens only once in every year and though it make a great impact on his memories, the eleven months counts better. So, why not make every day a Christmas for your child.

Be like a Santa Claus every day by bringing gifts after work. It’s not necessarily wrapped in ribbon. And you will neither be going to mall. Along the road on your way home, try to buy candies, lollipops or chocolates. When you arrive, you’re like a Santa Claus to his eyes because you’ve got all the good stuff in your office bag.

Prepare Noche Buena every week ends. Since you are a working mom, you are not expected to be present in the kitchen always. Your child will remember when he grows old that his mom never cooks meals for him. Erase this thought from his mind. On weekends, make efforts to cook dinner for your family. If you are not good in cooking, order food in good restaurant and arrange them on your dining table as if you expect a good celebration for Christmas.

Be a storyteller. Read your child a book that will take him to places he wishes he can go. By telling your toddler a fun story before he sleeps, his mind is full of happy thoughts of being with you. This kind of moments together will never happen again when he grows into adult. You’ll never have that same influence to his life the way you do when he is still a child. Thirty minutes of your time will have a great impact to your child’s life and you may not know it.

Childhood Christmas is a happy season of one’s life. And being a mother is a great task of influencing the disposition of your child when he becomes adult. If it takes having Christmas ambiance every day of your child’s life, please do so. Remember we become a child only once, and when we grow into adult what we believe in life is the influence of yesterday.