Mercedes Lynn explains her Christmas routine with her eight kids, including five presents apiece and zero visits from St. Nick Sara Belcher is a digital news writer/editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

I must admit that over the last few years much of the Christmas holiday for me had become too predictable. We would mostly keep to a rigid schedule with Christmas Eve dinner at Grandma's, church at ...

Christmas morning with little kids can be sweet or completely chaotic, sometimes both in the same ten minutes. Having a loose routine helps keep things from turning into a sugar-fueled free-for-all ...

I really enjoy the Christmas season. I especially like putting up the Christmas tree and hanging the decorations. Growing up, we typically began decorating our house the day after Thanksgiving and ...

Christmas may be the season of comfort and joy, but if you’re the parents of young children? It can feel like anything but. Because when you factor in all the excitement, excess sugar, new ...

The holidays often involve a lot of routine changes and traveling to be with family. This often means that children skip naptime, eat at different times or go to bed later. One mother claims that ...

Does your Christmas Day start with a festive tipple or a 5k run? And do you open presents before or after dinner? Every family tends to have a long–established routine for December 25, but traditions ...