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23rd Dec 2018

How get the most sleep possible ahead of Santa’s visit this Christmas Eve

Sive O'Brien

Picture the scene: It’s Christmas Eve.

The excitement is palpable, the kids are wired with exhaustion, the parents are giddy with wine… but despite watching three back-to-back movies, belting out a round of yuletide tunes and feeling like you’ve run a marathon getting to kids to finally get a bit of shut-eye, you’re in bed wide-a-bloody-wake.

bed company in the UK has come up with these cool infographics to help parents get a few zzzzzz before their most-likely 5am wake up call, and a day of cooking and entertaining ahead.

 1. Organisation like you’ve never seen

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2. Step away from the Roses

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3. Attempt to wrestle the kids into bed

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4. A Christmas tipple for hard-working Santa!

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5. Soak it all in…. and enjoy the calm before the storm

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6. Let the wind-down begin

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Well, we can try anyway. Here’s to a few hours of rest to everyone!

Do you have any tips to make Christmas Eve a little more relaxed? Let us know your thoughts in the Facebook comments.