Christmas is a season to enjoy with the family, especially with children, who are the stars of these parties. School vacations are long and it is necessary to find activities to cover that time in a productive way. There's a lot activities that can be done with children at Christmas. For example, making crafts, typical sweets or going out to see the street lights.
Children's stories are perfect to spend a fun time with children. If you also choose a Christmas-themed story, you will have a good time to enjoy with the children. There are many perfect stories to tell to childrenYou can even create them yourself. Here are two Christmas stories for children, in case you need a little inspiration.
Christmas, by Tes Nehuén
«Christmas had come to the little town. There, where barely ten families lived, the holidays were extremely special. It even seemed as if many more people inhabited the few houses that made up the hull.
Gustavo lived in a little house that was at the end of the urbanization, if you can call it that. He shared his house with his widowed mother and a grandmother curmudgeon who did not love anyone, not even his own daughter, with whom he was always arguing and fighting.
When Christmas approached Gustavo was very happy because during those days they let him wander around the town alone. What he did not like about these dates was that his grandmother always became more unbearable. It was because he didn't like people partying and wasting time on group meals and stuff. She preferred to stay with her sewing machine, looking out the window at some part that Gustavo didn't know what it was.
That year Christmas was something more special because some kings would come to visit them. They were travelers who went from town to town emulating the journey of the Magi. Gustavo was so happy and excited that for days he couldn't think of anything else.
A few days before the arrival of these strange visitors, it began to rain so much that all the roads were flooded. The town was completely isolated and most of the parties were canceled. Gustavo was very sad, especially for having missed the opportunity to meet those kings who came from elsewhere.
One afternoon while he was having a snack in the kitchen of his house. So her grandmother put down the sewing machine and sat next to her. 'Why are you so sad, Gustavo?' The boy was very surprised, his grandmother had never worried about how he was. 'I just want to know what it's like outside and they could have told me.' 'Don't worry, you'll know. Someday you will be able to leave this place and travel wherever you want. But in the meantime, instead of staring at that wall you could do like me, through that window you will see the countryside, out there is where life is cooked. '
The boy was surprised by the wisdom of his grandmother and he paid attention to her. From that day on, he spent many afternoons sitting in front of the window. ORKeeping the horizon line getting closer and closer and dreaming that one day he too could be a wizard king. So I could walk from town to town bringing joy to children who dreamed of living elsewhere. "
The legend of the Christmas spider
"Once upon a long, long time ago, a German home in which the mother was in charge of cleaning the house to celebrate the most wonderful day of the year.
It was the day Jesus was born, Christmas day. She cleaned and cleaned so that not a single speck of dust could be found. He even cleaned those corners where on many occasions, when it has not been cleaned for a long time, tiny spider webs usually appear. The little spiders, seeing their fabrics destroyed, fled and climbed to some corner of the attic.
In that house they placed and decorated the tree with great pride and joy. The mother stayed by the fireplace, waiting for her children to come down from their rooms. However, the spiders, who had been banished after the mother's arduous cleaning, were desperate. All because they were not going to be able to be present on Christmas morning. The older and wiser spider suggested that they could see the scene through a small crack in the hall.
Silently, they left the attic, descended the stairs, and hid in the small crevice in the hall. Suddenly the door opened and frightened spiders ran all over the room. They hid in the Christmas tree and crawled from branch to branch, going up and down, seeking to hide in the most beautiful decorations.
When Santa Claus came down the chimney that night and approached the tree, he realized with horror that it was full of spiders. Santa Claus thought that the mistress of the house would be horrified to see the spiders in the tree.
Immediately, with a touch of magic, he tapped the tree a bit and turned the spiders into long shiny strips and bright.
Since then, in Germany, grandparents tell their grandchildren the legend of the Christmas Spiders. And as a tradition, they place the brightly colored garlands on the tree with them.
And the tradition tells that always you have to include a spider in the middle of each decoration ”.