How to Get to Sleep on Christmas Eve
Wake up extra early Christmas Eve morning., Exercise regularly throughout the day., Make up a long song, and try to memorize it., Help your family, friends, and even neighbors to prepare for Christmas Day., Track Santa., Think of it as a normal...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Wake up extra early Christmas Eve morning.
Doing this will make you more tired when you want to go to bed.
The night before Christmas Eve stay awake as long as you can.
Set your alarm clock for a very early time like 6 o'clock.
When you wake up you will be very tired and want to go back to sleep, but resist the urge.
When you have to go to sleep on Christmas Eve, you will fall asleep easily because you are so tired.
If you have a calendar in your bedroom, turn it back to a different month and pretend it's that month during the night.
Make a playlist on your iPod of songs you liked listening to in that time to capture the feeling even more. -
Step 2: Exercise regularly throughout the day.
Do some jumping jacks, go for a walk or do some cycling.
If it's too snowy outside to exercise, play an exercising game, such as Wii Fit. , This will wear out your brain and make you tired. , Keeping busy and being helpful will take your mind off the excitement but will still help you to feel involved and happy. , Tracking Santa's progress around the world is always a great way to get you excited for Christmas on Christmas Eve! Use websites such as NORAD Tracks Santa or Google Santa Tracker. , Tell yourself that tonight is not Christmas Eve.
Do the same things you always do in your bedtime routine: brush your teeth, read a book, chat with your friends, etc..
Say to yourself: "What am I gonna do tomorrow?"
-- like it's any normal day: "Oh, hey, tomorrow maybe I will hang out with my 'bud'
______". , A technique that, strange as it sounds, works well is to play a quiet game you can play alone (or with another hyper and excited friend or sibling), such as Mad Libs, while in bed.
This will help take away your energy and help you fall fast asleep.
Santa come a lot quicker than you thought! , Although this may seem counterintuitive, exercise can help to calm you down.
A couple hours before you go to bed, see how many push-ups, crunches, or jumping jacks you can do in your room.
Exercise only for thirty minutes, though; you don't want to stay up too late.
Exercising is a great way to help you feel physically tired so that your body will want to sleep.
Better still, it will take your mind off Christmas for a little while. , Having a warm bath will relax your muscles and make it easier to fall asleep.
Squirt bath toys at imaginary targets, submerge yourself in bubbles, and relax your muscles.
Try scented bubbles and soap. , This might spoil any surprises and will keep you very excited and awake! Remember, Santa Claus knows when you are sleeping and when you are awake.
He won't come if you are peeking. , The milk provides calcium, magnesium, and L-tryptophan, which can help you sleep.
You can also try hot herbal tea; it is very soothing and calming to drink Just make sure it's decaffeinated! When you're setting up a cookie plate for Santa is a great time to have some warm milk.
Or, drink hot chocolate after you are in your pajamas.
This will also help you to relax and keep warm! Don't drink coffee.
The caffeine in it can keep you awake. , If you are just jumping up and down and feeling hyperactive, you need to calm down; you're only feeding a buildup of excitement that it'll be hard to come down from.
Read a book.
Listen to music.
Whatever makes you calm down and relax.
Read a book.
It can be about Christmas, although it doesn't really matter.
Try reading a school textbook, a really boring one from your least favorite class.
Read a boring book to induce sleepiness; read an exciting one to get lost in and to help take away the urgency of thinking about Christmas things.
Some good non-Christmas books are Harry Potter, Twilight, School of Fear, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
They are fairly long and can keep you occupied for a while.
Burn a sweet scented candle for a little while in a safe place in your room.
The scent will help you to relax, particularly if you choose a scent like lavender or jasmine.
Just make sure to extinguish it before you fall asleep! ,, Scrunch up really tightly—as tightly as you can.
Hold that position for 30 seconds, then relax again, trying to stay still.
You will become tired.
This is important for anytime you try to get to sleep; but relax and close your eyes.
See some of the related LifeGuide Hub links in this article for more ideas on helping you to fall asleep, or visit the whole category on better sleeping.
Fluff your pillow.
If you fluff your pillow, it will give you something more comfortable for your head to rest on and make it easier to fall asleep. , If the pet is small enough to fit in your bed (or wherever you are sleeping), try to fall asleep with it.
It helps you to sleep when you have someone else in the room with you.
It will make you fall asleep a bit faster, although if it is a hamster of something of that size you may squish it. , If cold, turn a heater on, put on some warm and comfortable clothes, or put some extra blankets on your bed.
Just make sure you don't make yourself too hot, or it will be just as hard to fall asleep as it is when you're cold.
If too hot, turn on the air conditioning, or open a window and sleep with just a sheet on you. , Any of these methodical, centering and calming methods will help to move you out of being too excited into a calmer state, which may help you to feel sleepy.
Try focusing on each of the sheep as they jump over the fence (or any other high platform).
What do they look like? What type of fence are they jumping over? How high are they jumping? Â Focusing on these details will let your mind trail way from the idea of Christmas and will help you fall asleep. , (Wiggle them for a moment.) "Relax my arch.
Relax my ankle. (Flex your ankle.)" It might sound corny but it really does work through the power of suggestion.
Continue, working all the way up to your head.
Even keeping up the effort of concentration on doing this is a great distraction from the night's excitement.
You may not even get up to your head before you're snoozing away! , This seriously helps.
Make a playlist on your iPod "sleep songs." Soothing music will definitely help take your mind off Santa, and lull you to sleep. , The light actually fools your body into thinking it's not bedtime.
If you watch TV before bed, try to turn off or down all the other lights, so the room is darkened.
That will get your body ready to sleep. , If you still have trouble going to sleep, watch a movie.
Some good Christmas movies that play a lot during Christmastime include:
A Christmas Story, The Polar Express, Elf, Home Alone 1, 2, 3, and 4, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Clause: 1, 2 and 3, Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. , Make sure that the whole family agrees with it.
That way, when it turns (for example 7:00) everyone is prepared to get up.
If you get up earlier than this, have some breakfast, go to the washroom, get ready so that you actually look OK on video.
If you know you are going to be videotaped in the morning, prepare your best set of PJ's.
You don't want everybody to remember you wearing that raggedy old t-shirt and a pair of shorts on Christmas morning, do you? Don't forget to brush your hair in the morning before galloping downstairs! , -
Step 3: Make up a long song
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Step 4: and try to memorize it.
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Step 5: Help your family
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Step 6: friends
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Step 7: and even neighbors to prepare for Christmas Day.
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Step 8: Track Santa.
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Step 9: Think of it as a normal night.
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Step 10: Play a game with someone.
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Step 11: Exercise.
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Step 12: Take a warm bath.
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Step 13: Don't peek at the Christmas tree.
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Step 14: Drink warm milk.
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Step 15: Relax.
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Step 16: Remind yourself that the more you can relax and feel like falling asleep
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Step 17: the sooner it will be Christmas Day!
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Step 18: Get into a comfortable sleeping position while in bed.
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Step 19: Snuggle up with pets.
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Step 20: Make sure you're warm or cool enough
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Step 21: depending on where you live.
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Step 22: Count sheep.
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Step 23: Lie in bed and say this in your head: "Relax my toes."
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Step 24: Listen to slow Christmas music and think about the real reason why you celebrate Christmas.
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Step 25: Don't sit at the computer
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Step 26: laptop
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Step 27: or iPad late at night
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Step 28: if you can't sleep; this will only keep you awake.
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Step 29: Watch a movie.
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Step 30: Set a time to wake up.
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Step 31: Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
Detailed Guide
Doing this will make you more tired when you want to go to bed.
The night before Christmas Eve stay awake as long as you can.
Set your alarm clock for a very early time like 6 o'clock.
When you wake up you will be very tired and want to go back to sleep, but resist the urge.
When you have to go to sleep on Christmas Eve, you will fall asleep easily because you are so tired.
If you have a calendar in your bedroom, turn it back to a different month and pretend it's that month during the night.
Make a playlist on your iPod of songs you liked listening to in that time to capture the feeling even more.
Do some jumping jacks, go for a walk or do some cycling.
If it's too snowy outside to exercise, play an exercising game, such as Wii Fit. , This will wear out your brain and make you tired. , Keeping busy and being helpful will take your mind off the excitement but will still help you to feel involved and happy. , Tracking Santa's progress around the world is always a great way to get you excited for Christmas on Christmas Eve! Use websites such as NORAD Tracks Santa or Google Santa Tracker. , Tell yourself that tonight is not Christmas Eve.
Do the same things you always do in your bedtime routine: brush your teeth, read a book, chat with your friends, etc..
Say to yourself: "What am I gonna do tomorrow?"
-- like it's any normal day: "Oh, hey, tomorrow maybe I will hang out with my 'bud'
______". , A technique that, strange as it sounds, works well is to play a quiet game you can play alone (or with another hyper and excited friend or sibling), such as Mad Libs, while in bed.
This will help take away your energy and help you fall fast asleep.
Santa come a lot quicker than you thought! , Although this may seem counterintuitive, exercise can help to calm you down.
A couple hours before you go to bed, see how many push-ups, crunches, or jumping jacks you can do in your room.
Exercise only for thirty minutes, though; you don't want to stay up too late.
Exercising is a great way to help you feel physically tired so that your body will want to sleep.
Better still, it will take your mind off Christmas for a little while. , Having a warm bath will relax your muscles and make it easier to fall asleep.
Squirt bath toys at imaginary targets, submerge yourself in bubbles, and relax your muscles.
Try scented bubbles and soap. , This might spoil any surprises and will keep you very excited and awake! Remember, Santa Claus knows when you are sleeping and when you are awake.
He won't come if you are peeking. , The milk provides calcium, magnesium, and L-tryptophan, which can help you sleep.
You can also try hot herbal tea; it is very soothing and calming to drink Just make sure it's decaffeinated! When you're setting up a cookie plate for Santa is a great time to have some warm milk.
Or, drink hot chocolate after you are in your pajamas.
This will also help you to relax and keep warm! Don't drink coffee.
The caffeine in it can keep you awake. , If you are just jumping up and down and feeling hyperactive, you need to calm down; you're only feeding a buildup of excitement that it'll be hard to come down from.
Read a book.
Listen to music.
Whatever makes you calm down and relax.
Read a book.
It can be about Christmas, although it doesn't really matter.
Try reading a school textbook, a really boring one from your least favorite class.
Read a boring book to induce sleepiness; read an exciting one to get lost in and to help take away the urgency of thinking about Christmas things.
Some good non-Christmas books are Harry Potter, Twilight, School of Fear, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
They are fairly long and can keep you occupied for a while.
Burn a sweet scented candle for a little while in a safe place in your room.
The scent will help you to relax, particularly if you choose a scent like lavender or jasmine.
Just make sure to extinguish it before you fall asleep! ,, Scrunch up really tightly—as tightly as you can.
Hold that position for 30 seconds, then relax again, trying to stay still.
You will become tired.
This is important for anytime you try to get to sleep; but relax and close your eyes.
See some of the related LifeGuide Hub links in this article for more ideas on helping you to fall asleep, or visit the whole category on better sleeping.
Fluff your pillow.
If you fluff your pillow, it will give you something more comfortable for your head to rest on and make it easier to fall asleep. , If the pet is small enough to fit in your bed (or wherever you are sleeping), try to fall asleep with it.
It helps you to sleep when you have someone else in the room with you.
It will make you fall asleep a bit faster, although if it is a hamster of something of that size you may squish it. , If cold, turn a heater on, put on some warm and comfortable clothes, or put some extra blankets on your bed.
Just make sure you don't make yourself too hot, or it will be just as hard to fall asleep as it is when you're cold.
If too hot, turn on the air conditioning, or open a window and sleep with just a sheet on you. , Any of these methodical, centering and calming methods will help to move you out of being too excited into a calmer state, which may help you to feel sleepy.
Try focusing on each of the sheep as they jump over the fence (or any other high platform).
What do they look like? What type of fence are they jumping over? How high are they jumping? Â Focusing on these details will let your mind trail way from the idea of Christmas and will help you fall asleep. , (Wiggle them for a moment.) "Relax my arch.
Relax my ankle. (Flex your ankle.)" It might sound corny but it really does work through the power of suggestion.
Continue, working all the way up to your head.
Even keeping up the effort of concentration on doing this is a great distraction from the night's excitement.
You may not even get up to your head before you're snoozing away! , This seriously helps.
Make a playlist on your iPod "sleep songs." Soothing music will definitely help take your mind off Santa, and lull you to sleep. , The light actually fools your body into thinking it's not bedtime.
If you watch TV before bed, try to turn off or down all the other lights, so the room is darkened.
That will get your body ready to sleep. , If you still have trouble going to sleep, watch a movie.
Some good Christmas movies that play a lot during Christmastime include:
A Christmas Story, The Polar Express, Elf, Home Alone 1, 2, 3, and 4, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Carol, It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, The Santa Clause: 1, 2 and 3, Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. , Make sure that the whole family agrees with it.
That way, when it turns (for example 7:00) everyone is prepared to get up.
If you get up earlier than this, have some breakfast, go to the washroom, get ready so that you actually look OK on video.
If you know you are going to be videotaped in the morning, prepare your best set of PJ's.
You don't want everybody to remember you wearing that raggedy old t-shirt and a pair of shorts on Christmas morning, do you? Don't forget to brush your hair in the morning before galloping downstairs! ,
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