Christmas Presents—What, How, and How Much?

Even if they’re not the most important part of Christmas, presents are an exciting part of the holiday. So in this episode, we talk about buying Christmas presents for kids and how to do it well. We share tricks for buying the right gift for the right child and not having to scramble at the last minute to think of what your kids want.

If you’ve ever wondered how opening stockings can turn into an embarrassing moment and a family interrogation around undergarments, your curiosity will be satisfied with Megan’s bizarre story of one Christmas morning. If you have daughters, it’s a story worth hearing!

There’s no secret formula to the proper number of gifts, but Megan and Abby have ideas to share and even a rhyme to help you remember. We also cover some of the more practical parts of buying Christmas presents for kids, like wrapping, hiding, and opening. (Do you open gifts in order, or is it a free-for-all?) Have you ever bought experience gifts for your family? That’s an outing or event you “open” on Christmas but experience later, like passes to the zoo! We talk about the benefits of experience gifts and how to give them so the kids feel like they have something to open on Christmas morning.

Do you feel like your family is distracted from the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place? We’ll give you some thoughts on how to help your kids think of others and bring your focus back around to the birth of Jesus and being with the people you love the most!