Q&A for How to Make Christmas Eve As Special As Christmas

Try to relax by drinking a glass of warm milk before you go to bed. Avoid the temptation of playing on your phone or watching TV in bed. Eventually, you'll drift off to sleep and it will be Christmas morning!

Think about what occasion they are for, and that they were given to you with the intention of being opened on Christmas Day and not before. Think about the fact the wait will be worth it. Exercising self-control is very important and satisfying and this is a good opportunity for you.

If you can, try to stay up a little later the night before. Hang out with your relatives, eat great food, and maybe check out the Google Santa Tracker.

I like "Frosty the Snowman", "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "Home Alone", "Elf", "Mickey's Christmas Carol", and "A Charlie Brown Christmas". "A Christmas Story" and "It's A Wonderful Life" are great classics, too.

Keep yourself busy doing Christmas activities, like Christmas puzzles or word searches, read Christmas books, and watch Christmas movies.

Try to get back to sleep (one idea is listening to music). You could also read a book, play a quiet game or do other activities that might entertain yourself.

If you have the fabric in the color that you like, then you can cut it in a stocking shape (draw the stocking shape on it, then cut). If you don't like sewing, you can try gluing it in place with fabric glue (which can take 5 to 15 hrs to dry). Once dried, it stays in place for years. Or you can sew it along the outline and then turn it inside out to reveal the stocking. Add a tab for hanging and it is all done. Or, just use a large, long sock (a clean one, of course!).