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Making Space: Day 24

Christine Hennebury

Every Christmas Eve, I am thankful for the space that The Wiggles created for me with their ‘Rockin’ Santa’ DVD.

The year my youngest son was born, my oldest was 3. Both of them were premies, and the baby had arrived 5 weeks earlier than expected so Christmas Eve found me with a 5 week old baby and a 3 year old and the kind of volume of tasks that only someone with a fluctuating concept of time would have thought they could accomplish in a single day.

I was trying to be a good Mom to both kids and to do at least some of the Christmas prep before my husband got home at 2pm so we could work together.

To say I was overwhelmed doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt.

After a couple of hours of trying to entertain my big kid while I took care of the baby, I was getting increasingly frazzled and was feeling far more cranky than merry.

Then I suddenly remembered that I had bought a copy of the Wiggles ‘Santa’s Rockin’ and tucked it away for Christmas. By some miracle, I was able to find it even though I had put it ‘somewhere safe.’

I hyped it up to my oldest, popped it in the machine, and crossed my fingers.

HE LOVED IT.

He watched it over and over, dancing, singing and laughing the whole time, every time.

I wore the baby in sling and did a bunch of Christmas preparations and stopped to dance with my big kid every few songs.

Instead of my day being hectic and stressful, it was wonderful and fun.

In fact, if you like corny jokes (and I do!) you could say that on one specific Christmas, they gave me enough Wiggle-room to enjoy the last part of my preparations, stress-free.

So, given that it is Christmas Eve, I’m inviting you to make some space for yourself by dancing along with this song from The Wiggles.

I know that you may not celebrate Christmas but perhaps as you celebrate Friday, you could also celebrate that day years ago when this Mom put aside any idea of too-much-tv-guilt and made space for herself and her family to have a more relaxed day by letting her son (and herself) dance to The Wiggles over and over.

A video from the 2004 ‘Rockin’ Santa’ DVD from WigglesFan12347’s YouTube Channel. The still image shows The Wiggles, John Fogerty, and some backup dancers on a colourful Christmas-themed set. The official Wiggles channel is here but they have the DVD broken up into small sections and I liked the length of this video.

If dancing isn’t on your menu today, perhaps this meditation will help you find space instead.

A 5 minute meditation for inner peace from the Pura Rasa YouTube channel. Still image shows a person’s right leg and arm as they sit in meditation on a beach.

Whether you dance, meditate, or just sit with a cup of tea. I wish you peace, ease, and SPACE today and always.

And here’s a star for your efforts to find all of those things: ⭐️