Cake Crumbs, Twinkly Lights, and Tiny Holiday Chaos: Why Christmas-to-New-Year Feels Like a Dreamland for Kids
Cake Crumbs, Twinkly Lights, and Tiny Holiday Chaos: Why Christmas-to-New-Year Feels Like a Dreamland for Kids For young children, this season doesn’t politely arrive, rather it crashes in wearing fairy lights, humming carols, and smelling suspiciously like cake. One day the house is normal, and the next day everything is shiny, people are smiling for no reason, and someone is cutting a cake at an hour that is clearly not cake-o’clock. To a child between one and six, this is not a holiday season. This is a plot twist. Children don’t care whether it’s Christmas or New Year or what day it is at all. What they care about is the feeling. And this season feels like magic mixed with sugar. The lights blink. Music plays. Adults suddenly become friendlier and slightly silly. The rules loosen just enough to feel exciting. Young brains take all this in and think, “Ah yes. The world is safe. And fun. And maybe made of cake.” Holiday cheer turns children into performers. Suddenly every...