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

Published 12:02 23 Dec 2018 GMT

Updated 17:57 23 Dec 2018 GMT

Sive O'Brien
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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. A 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 Chrsitmas-1 2. Step away from the Roses  Christmas-3 3. Attempt to wrestle the kids into bed  Christmas-4 4. A Christmas tipple for hard-working Santa! Christmas-5 5. Soak it all in.... and enjoy the calm before the storm Christmas-6 6. Let the wind-down begin Christmas-7 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.

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