There is always a bit of magic in the air when the holidays roll around. Perhaps it’s all the lights in shops and on the lawns around town. It’s a time when families are willing to brave the cold just to get out and about in all the wonders set up for their enjoyment. This year, after the past few years when families were besieged by worries of Covid, it’s finally time to get out there and breathe a bit of fresh air – no matter how cold. Whether you have children of your own or you have taken on a foster placement this Christmas, let’s see what’s happening around town!

Chesterfield Market – Santa’s Grotto

This is finally the year when Santa has left cyberspace to return to his grotto at Chesterfield Market in Derbyshire. Let your kids tell Santa what they’d like under the tree and although they probably won’t get half of what they asked for, at least you’ll be snapping photos from your mobile phone as memories to keep forever.

Bringing foster kids that have been placed with you through fosterplus.co.uk can give them something exciting to do this year as well. What better way to cheer them up than to take them to a magical place where they can benefit from all the amazingly festive distractions?

Alton Towers – Light up Your Christmas

Here is where you’ll find the most amazing lights imaginable. How can anyone be mired in worries when there is such a bright time to be had with all the entertainment geared especially toward family fun? However, you might need to book tickets, so do check their website to see hours of operation and dates that are open for bookings.

Creswell Crags – Festive Reindeer Trail

Now this is something quite special for little people to follow a trail of Santa’s reindeer. There’s a letter tucked inside every wooden reindeer in a secret place. Once you’ve gathered each letter, the kids can put those letters together to spell out a word. It’s like a treasure hunt and word puzzle all in one! Located on the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire border, it’s near enough that you will want to come back year after year, even if it’s cold out there!

Fun for the Entire Family This Year!

No matter which of the attractions you enjoy this year, each and every one is filled with the spirit of Christmas that has brightened the lives of children for countless generations. While this is something you do every year with your biological kids, you will have just as much fun bringing the foster kids along. In fact, you might even have more fun watching the expressions of joy light up their little faces.

Sadly, the holidays can be one of the unhappiest points in the lives of foster children, but you can give them a bright spot to hold onto throughout the coming year. They often can’t help but to remember back through other holiday seasons, some of which were marvellous and others not so much. You can give them something new to remember and maybe that’s just what they really need going into 2023.

Published: 2022-12-08 23:55:19