Four Tips for Making the Best of a Holiday Move to Wichita Falls

By Julie DeLong, A-1 Freeman Moving Group 

Set Up A Tree. Or 2.

Your home is a wreck with moving materials in any case, so why not put up a tree and place stockings by the hearth and a wreath on the entrance? Should you buy a live tree, so what regarding dropped needles? You will be moving soon. Get the kids participating with decorating and go full-scale --leave no branch unadorned. In the event you have not been shopping yet, wrap empty boxes with last year's leftover wrapping paper and take numerous pics. Create a playlist of your most loved Christmas songs and crank it while you deck the halls.

For those who have small children, wrap a handful of their gifts and place them underneath the early tree as a surprise. Older kids and spouses will appreciate this touch also.

Bonus--you will recognize which bulbs work you get to your new house.

Coordinate a Friendsgiving

If your Thanksgiving looks like an anonymous lunch at a truck stop on the interstate, hold an early get together. Friendsgiving is a current trend in which you celebrate with friends and neighbors, so what about a goodbye meal before you go? Ask a close pal to host for you and prepare the meal together--this is an excellent opportunity to share recipes. Try not to skip any traditions--play cards, watch a sporting event on TV (there is always on demand, if necessary) go to a light display, or perhaps go shopping at midnight--you'll find numerous 24-hour big box stores to be able to preserve the tradition, and you're less prone to get trampled.

Again, there's a bonus--the silver's already polished.

Make Decorating Your New House A Goal

Once you arrive at your new residence in Wichita Falls, don't pass "Go" with the holiday decorating containers and bins--have the moving company team place them in the living room where you're putting up your tree. Next, go at it--trim the tree, hang the stockings, and light up the night--you can set up your cable TV any time. You've already created that holiday playlist, switch it on and sing along--it provides a good cross over from the previous home to your new one.

Start New Traditions to Keep the Magic Alive for Youngsters

Moving to Wichita Falls is difficult for the whole family, however it can take a toll on kids more than grown people. You've had exposure to new places, and most children haven't. You should maintain as many traditions as you can, but also to begin a couple of new ones. Below are a few suggestions to get you going.

· Take advantage of a new climate --hike, snowboard, sail, or visit the seaside. Show your children the advantages of their new locale by incorporating new adventures.

· Via social media, find out the place that the best Santa Claus is, the most impressive light displays, and other area traditions, are and make a night of it.

· Also, using social media, find unique activities--shows, plays, live Nativity scenes, parades, and New Year's Eve events. Quite a few communities coordinate family-friendly events for New Year's, where the ball drops close to nine o'clock and there's a plethora of activities for your children.

· Embrace your internal tacky--if you have always gone right past the blow-up Santas and reindeer, irrespective of how hard your kids plead, this might be the time to let it go and buy whatever lawn art your youngsters wish. If that means light-up reindeer alongside a sleigh and the Grinch, get out your pump and spotlights and just stop trying to be Martha Stewart this current year. Here's a secret--a decade from now you may be heartbroken when those blow-up characters break.

Handling a holiday move to Wichita Falls doesn't need to be the toughest thing ever; give attention to your family members, the season and the celebrations--it is a guaranteed approach to help you fake it until you make it.