Christmas Eve is full of sweet dreams for the kids, but Santa’s elves (i.e. the parents) have lots of work to do. Keep the work going all night with this Christmas Eve Emergency Kit.
Thanks to Mirum for keeping us all going this holiday season and this sponsored post. All opinions are my own.
It was the best of times…
It was the worst of times.
Yep, it’s the holidays for moms and dads.
You want so much to make the best holiday memories for your family but it takes so much work. So many days, so many hours and so much patience, all in efforts to create the perfect Christmas.
And Christmas Eve, that’s like the grand production and you only get one shot to do it right. You get the kids to bed in their special matching Christmas Pjs, and then go right to work doing Santa’s work building, opening, wrapping and everything to get it all right before the sun rises…along with the kids.
It’s a LOOOOOONG night with lots of stress. And without a doubt you’ll run out of something. Batteries, tape, whatever…and you always realized it about 2 am in the morning. So this year I put together a real stocking full of what the nubs REALLY needs to make it through the Christmas Eve.
To make it through a real long night like Christmas Eve, you need snacks and you need to take a break. Slim Jim makes it easy to keep going all night long without a mess and lots of taste. A quick trip to Walmart I picked up a box of Slim Jim, along with all the other goodies in these cutest Santa stocking.
Christmas Eve Survival Guide
Aspirin
Christmas Eve can be a hard night reading all the fine print on those instructions.
Antacid
Christmas Eve dinner (and all those cookies) may be rough later so prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Slim Jim Original Smoked Snack Sticks, 26 ct. at Walmart
You can’t ever go wrong with Slim Jim for a snack in one hand, no mess, and all the taste.
Tape
Murphy’s Law says you always run out of tape when you get ready for wrap. So get the multipack and get ready to roll.
Gift Tags
Every tried to wrap all the gifts and forget to tag them as you go? That’s why you tag them and not with the leftover masking tape.
Batteries
Never included and always needed. So get ’em in every size and plenty of them.
Multi-purpose Swiss Army Knife
Need a screwdriver? Need scissors, need to open a package. This baby helps you do it all.
Super Glue
Something always breaks so get ready for glue.
Energy Drink
It’s gonna be a long night and sometimes you need more than coffee.
Heat / Cool Flask
Whether it’s coffee or a little something special in your eggnog, this container makes it easy to keep it cold, hot, and handy.
Make Your Own Virtual Stocking
Ready to make your own? Slim Jim is making it even easier to get Stuff’d with Make your Own Virtual Stocking. Take a Slim Jim Bold Break by clicking on the site and design yours for a chance to win a Slim Jim prize pack when you share your creation on social.
Did you see how cute mine is? Yes, my moniker is Slaybelle.
What would you put in your stocking?
I want a kit like this! This is so fun! My husband loves slim jims too!
Both of my boys love Slim Jims! We ALWAYS Have them in the house and they yell at me when we run low so they make sure I go get more LOL.
This is a great kit! Snacks should be a part of any survival kit. You need snacks!
I still have to get my stockings for my kiddo. Snacks and candy are always what I put in their stockings for Christmas.
Love the ideas here because it is always the last minute when you find out batteries not included. It is great that your kids don’t wake up looking for Santa because they would find out you are him.
Oh, that just reminded me that I need to get some Slim Jim for my daughters stocking! She absolutely loves them and takes them to school in her lunch box as a snack!
What a great kit idea. Wish I had thought of this several years ago…
Slim Jims are always a safe pick. They taste great and fill up the stocking!
Slim Jims are a great stocking stuffer. I have been wrapping as I go this year. I am looking forward to a more relaxed Christmas Eve.
This is a great idea. We love slim jims in our house. They really do make for a great stocking stuffer.
This kit looks really fun for my husband. He loves his Slim Jims.
Uh oh! I don’t think I’m fully prepared yet. I may have to make one last run to the store.
Christmas Eve is normally a really long day, with all the help Santa needs getting things prepared. I need to stock up on Slim Jim’s so we have the protein we need to make it through all of the festivities!
I like your kind of survival! I have to make my own kit, for sure!
I give out Slim Jims every year. Jerky is a great stuffer.
This is a great kit! Perfect for my husband. He would use just about everything in here.
Everyone needs this survival kit. Making sure everything is ready for the next day when it comes to the gifts and the meal can keep you up till the wee hours of the morning.
This is really a great idea! I always need gift tags at the last minute!
What a great idea!! I think a lot of moms would want a kit like this.
My husband loves Slim-Jims. I should put some in his stocking. I need to make one of these survival kits for us!