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Santa Claus is coming to town! How to help kids manage the big build-up to Christmas

  • Written by Penny Van Bergen, Head of School of Education and Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Wollongong
Santa Claus is coming to town! How to help kids manage the big build-up to ChristmasRichard Stachmann/Unsplash, CC BY

School is out and Santa is on his way, but there’s still a bit of a wait before he wriggles down that chimney. The days before Christmas are both exciting and challenging for children and families.

How can you manage kids’ excitement in this last build-up to Christmas? What should you do if emotions run...

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