LONG-DISTANCE CHRISTMAS IDEAS
While it might be too late to try some of these this year, here are five tips on how to involve a deployed family member in future holiday festivities to keep in mind for next year.
? Send a care package. A box of decorations, Christmas movies and music and even cookies can be enjoyed by the person overseas and provide fun for those who assemble it.
? Video chat. Technology such as Skype can help bridge the gap on Christmas, even when someone is thousands of miles away. If Internet access is limited to certain times of the day, open the gifts at those times or record a video.
? Decorating. Send photos or videos of your family decorating the tree or send a decorated ornament to the person who's deployed.
? Letters from Santa. Have the deployed family member write letters to your children from Santa, so he or she can feel part of the celebration.
? Christmas in July. Leave the Christmas decorations up until the service member returns or even wait to put up the tree together and open gifts then.
Source: Military Spouse Central at veteransunited.com/spouse
Source: http://chillicothegazette.com/article/20111224/NEWS01/112240301/1002/rss01
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