by Eleanor de Bruin When we got married, my husband and I decided to carry on a family tradition where his mother used to make sure that each member of the family got a gift from the four categories that she believed made Christmas complete – ‘something to eat’, ‘something to read’, ‘something to wear’ and ‘something to play with’. Now that we have the best ‘something to play with’ ever, in the shape of our son Arran, we have decided to focus the tradition on him this year. Arran recently turned one, and so his ‘something to eat’ is easily covered in the shape of a small treat, ‘something to wear’ will be a cute outfit that he will grow out of in ten minutes, and a lift-the-flap/rip-out-the-flap book will cater for his ‘something to read’ needs
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Christmas with a young child