How do you get your kid to stop asking to hear holiday-themed books after the holiday?
Filed under: Family togetherness, Books, Literacy, Emotions, Likes and dislikes
So it's still sort of hoilday-ish at our house. The tree is still up, the twinkle still lingering in our eyes and hearts. Right now it's not a stretch to be in the mood to read The Night Before Christmas (which, by the way, magically appeared undder the tree with a brand new pair of PJs on Christmas Eve.)
Yet I know there will come a time--and that time will be soon, when the mere mention of the book will make me clench my teeth. This already happens every year with holiday music for me: people play it so freaking much that by the time the holiday arrives if I have to hear one more soulful or sappy rendition of silent night I am tempted to plug my ears and run screaming from the room. Call me a grinch, but I have a limited tolorance for all things holiday-ish, and reading about Santa in February (or July, for that matter) just doesn't sound appealing.
But how do I make the requests stop? Hide the book? Pack it away with the tree ornaments? Refuse to read it? What do you do?
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