https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:28:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1/page/2#post-2383066 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:44:24 +0000 .twist. 2383066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: I think winners actually has some festive boxes! I remember seeing them and wondering what the heck you'd ever use one for, and now I know. ;) haha I'll probably go pick one up and I thought about wal-mart too for the plate &amp; cup. I'm excited about making/filling this box now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1/page/2#post-2383062 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:43:01 +0000 .twist. 2383062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: That is a good idea! I wonder if you could make a christmas themed rock/paper/scissors? LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2383033 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:31:16 +0000 Mrs D 2383033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I plan on having a special mug for each person and a special plate for the Santa treats...not a new one each year. They will be stored in the box all year - only making appearances on Christmas Eve!</p> <p>I found my box at Hobby Lobby and my cookie plate and mugs at Walmart.</p> <p>New Each Year: Jammies (kids and maybe some years us too), treats, Book/Movie - though I may just rotate these, Bottle of wine for DH and I, doggie treats for Lola</p> <p>Same YOY: Plate, Mug, Box</p> <p>The box I have is festive - so no wrapping necessary. I am toying with several ideas as my LOs get old enough:</p> <p>1) Making the box a part of a scavenger hunt<br /> 2) Making the box a donation box for Dec 1-23; the better they donate gently used toys they are through with the better the box will be filled Christmas Eve.<br /> 3) Years where we do special gifts - maybe we will consider letting them have them Christmas Eve...maybe... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2383003 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:22:26 +0000 cheert16 2383003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents did this for us when we were kids- they wrapped it up as a gift from Frosty. (in fact my Mom still gives us Christmas jammies from frosty every year!)<br /> I started doing it for my kids too- they get to open their Frosty present on Christmas eve! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382997 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 13:21:08 +0000 youboots 2382997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: I'm going to copy you, because, duh. K and I would always fight over slippers Christmas Eve too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382948 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 12:46:48 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2382948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: same, the box will be filled special re-usable Christmas stuff that only comes out once a year.</p> <p>@.twist.: the kids who wins rocks, paper, scissors gets to open the shared box and if that still causes a meltdown then mom or dad get to do the honor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382936 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 12:40:42 +0000 gingerbebe 2382936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: I saw a cute one in the Christmas display at the front of my Target the other night. It was the size of a dinner plate that had pie-shaped sections broken down into "Cookies for Santa," "Milk for Santa," "Carrots for Reindeer" and I think there might have been one more, I don't remember. But it seemed convenient to have everything on one plate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382924 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 12:27:52 +0000 dc yoga bee 2382924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>&lt;3 this idea!! We will start this next year as we are spending her first Xmas with the in-laws. We will reuse a special cookie plate, skip the mugs, do Xmas pjs, and Xmas books.</p> <p>@tinyperson: we have Xmas books we started getting her, and I plan to only pull them out at Xmas time too! </p> <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I like your idea of bringing it to when you put the tree up! So they can enjoy their books and things all season long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382824 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 11:12:12 +0000 Adira 2382824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: I'm doing one box for both kids. I got this 14 x 14 box from Amazon (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Jumbo-Scrapbook-Storage-Box/dp/B0014EADVM/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-Jumbo-Scrapbook-Storage-Box/dp/B0014EADVM/</a>) and decorated it with their names and snow flakes. We'll open it as a family on Christmas Eve and then make the cookies and change into the PJs, watch a movie (not in the box, just on Netflix) and read the book (in the box). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382798 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:59:01 +0000 .twist. 2382798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: Ooh. So this is an actual box, not just... a wrapped cardboard box? lol, I'm dumb. </p> <p>If you have multiple children, do they each get a box or do they share? Who gets to open it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382786 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:54:52 +0000 littlejoy 2382786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: We are doing a cookie plate and milk cup for santa ... We'll re-use each year. The movies ... It'll be one or two, and we'll only have it out when the box is out. I'll rotate if needed ... It sounds like I'll approach it like you. We are getting ours this weekend. Woohoo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382780 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:51:30 +0000 .twist. 2382780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Adorable! </p> <p>@lovehoneybee: Cool! I like the idea about rotating books and movies. Thanks! This is much more comforting than buying something new each year, for my wallet and my storage space/sanity. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382769 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:47:28 +0000 lovehoneybee 2382769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: We have a special cookie plate we'll reuse, a new movie (but we'll probably rotate through a few movies during the year....last year it was the animated Grinch, this year it's a new Muppet one, and we'll probably age them up as the kids get older (maybe...I still watch the Grinch every year :) ), the same cup from last year (which I'll upgrade to a proper mug when he's older), popcorn/hot chocolate, and Twas the Night Before Christmas (the last of his advent books). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382768 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:45:39 +0000 Adira 2382768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: This is the plate we got (except we bought it in store and only got one, not a set of 6): <a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cookies-for-Santa-Plate-Set-of-6/46819936" rel="nofollow">http://www.walmart.com/ip/Cookies-for-Santa-Plate-Set-of-6/46819936</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382755 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:40:44 +0000 .twist. 2382755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tinyperson: Yea, I could get behind this. So, every year they kinda know what they're getting, but it's tradition, so it's exciting?</p> <p>@Adira: I like the cookie plate idea! That's cute, I may do that too. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382751 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:38:39 +0000 tinyperson 2382751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: We haven't done the christmas eve box, but if I were going to, I'd just put the same Christmas mugs, movies etc. in the box every year (maybe get a new movie once in a while). We're doing the books for advent calendar this year, and most are Christmas books we had already. I'll keep using them. We only bring them out at Christmas, so she shouldn't be tired of them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382745 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:34:57 +0000 Mamaof2 2382745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: yeah, we just do pjs - everything else we have from previous years </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382740 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:33:38 +0000 Adira 2382740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: haha, that's why I'm not putting cups in our box. I'm putting new jammies, a book (or maybe I'll use the same book every year), a cookie mix to make cookies for Santa (and us), a Santa cookie plate (will use the same one every year), and maybe something else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382733 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:29:57 +0000 .twist. 2382733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, I really like this idea but I have a few concerns. </p> <p>You get jammies every year, which is great! Kids always grow. Snack, yay! Those are delicious. </p> <p>However! What about stuff like cups and movies and all of a sudden you have 10 of these cups, from 10 christmases and where do you put them? Or do you get rid of one? When do you get rid of it? Do you keep the movies put away during the year and bring them out during xmas? Or are the kids allowed to watch xmas movies all year long? </p> <p>I have so many questions about these boxes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2382663 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:39:28 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2382663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:heart: I'm definitely going to incorporate this! Instead of making it a Christmas Eve Box though I think we'll open it when we put the tree up and make it a Christmas Treasure Box. Based on everyone's list our box will include: PJs, holiday cookie recipe book, cookie cutters, mugs, cocoa mix, popcorn w/ a movie suggestion to stream, holiday book, Christmas stockings, Advent calendar, First ornaments, and notebook for Christmas season bucket lists. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2357066 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:11:13 +0000 Mrs D 2357066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs Green Grass: love the dog treat...great idea adding that! And the cute mug...I think this will give me a reason to splurge on the Santa mugs j want from PB!!!</p> <p>Anyone found any great santa cookie plates?!</p> <p>@pinkcupcake: sometime I buy Christmas specific Jammies and its her outfit for Christmas day...and sometimes they are more "winter" jammies that are just fun and new! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356518 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 17:02:17 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2356518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did it last year. I had mugs, a Christmas movie, cocoa, pjs and a blanket. I just used a plastic drawer box and taken wrapping paper all over it :).</p> <p>Ooh maybe I'll add The Grinch book this year! </p> <p>[attach=689/15/nxts02.450x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356517 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 17:00:31 +0000 pinkcupcake 2356517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Such a cute and fun idea. I would love to incorporate something like that into our holidays this year.</p> <p>Random q thkugh - if you get them Xmas pjs for Xmas Eve, do you wear the PJs throughout the year, post - Xmas? I always thought you would wear them leading up to the holidays ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356497 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 16:11:06 +0000 Mrs. D 2356497@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely want to add this tradition this year since she's 3 now and really gets the holiday and we moved home so they'll be no travelling over the week.</p> <p>We'll do jammies, night before christmas book, cookie plate for santa. I like the idea of a movie too, but we go to church xmas eve and then my aunts house for dinner, so there won't be time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356453 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:36:45 +0000 LilSprinkles 2356453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do pjs and a Christmas book. DS is only two, so once he gets older we might add the movie/popcorn/hot cocoa part. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356436 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:23:16 +0000 Mrs D 2356436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always did Jammies as kids. We will start with jammies, movie, cookie plate for Santa, wine for mom and dad.</p> <p>I think as the girls get older I may add to the idea and make it a Christmas donation box that's out in early December for them to donate used toys...the better job they do filling it the better treats will be in it Christmas eve... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356434 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:20:35 +0000 LuLu Mom 2356434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom does this every year (we celebrate Christmas Eve their house) and she always did it for us growing up!) matching PJs and a movie to watch </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356418 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:02:18 +0000 Thrifty Mama 2356418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're doing it this year! I'm so excited! I already bought DS some pajamas (Target had a buy 1, get one half off on all Christmas pj's the other day!). Since he's still young, I'm probably going to add a small toy along with the pj's and movie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356414 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:38:21 +0000 winter_wonder 2356414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: I love it! So fun and festive :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/christmas-eve-box-1#post-2356411 Sat, 14 Nov 2015 13:31:40 +0000 Mrs D 2356411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fyi I just got this box at Hobby Lobby for $12.49...it's nice and big so I think it will be good for whatever we decide to put in it!! </p> [attach=2617/15/nxti59.600x450.image.jpg]