7 Ways Christmas is Different when You’re No Longer a Kid

December 20, 2012 at 3:14 PM

Christmas is less than a week away and while adults are super busy getting all the behind-the-scene things done, our kids are checking off their calendars - excited for the day Santa comes. Now that I am an adult with three kids of my own, I am more concerned with making things fun and happy for the kids and the magic goes away for me a bit. Click through to read 7 ways Christmas time is different as an adult than a child: - By Devan McGuinness

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