With the Elf on the Shelf as my witness, I forked over control of the tree and let my toddlers take the reins. Rather then put the tree up after they fell asleep, I thought the best chance at avoiding a mishap would be to let them take control of decorating so they felt invested in keeping it in its proper upright position. While they listen better than they did a year ago, the terrible twos are very real, so I knew there was still a fair chance that the Christmas tree would be seen as a potential jungle gym. But this Christmas, my boys are almost 3 years old and finally mature enough to understand what all the Christmas fuss is about. ![]() Our kids' first Christmas was a spent in a sleep deprived fog, and last year they were far too interested in scaling the furniture to make erecting a tree a good idea. ![]() ![]() The December I was pregnant with my twins and stuck on bed rest, I spent hours gazing at my meticulously decorated Christmas tree, imagining what it would be like to decorate it with my own kids one day. As a kid, my favorite part of decorating for Christmas was putting up the tree.
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