Driving home for Christmas?
Published: 11th December 2024
Updated: 19th December 2024
Welcome Break, which commissioned the poll, got explorer Ash Dykes to give people advice on how to make those festive journeys less stressful for people.
Ash says: “Visualise the worst-case scenarios before setting off. Whether it’s bad weather or a challenging journey, mentally prepare yourself for any situation. This helps manage expectations and allows you to look forward to the adventure.”
Here’s some top tips for survival during holiday travels
- Don’t forget to pack any gifts you were planning on taking, maybe leave them by the front door so you remember to put them in the car – the poll found that 11% of us will forget to pack presents!
- Traffic is predicted to frustrate one in five drivers – plan some extra time for your journey to make sure you arrive in time.
- Take First News with you on the road to keep busy – challenge your kids to find their favourite three stories and ask them to explain why they enjoyed them!
- Keep spirits high with some festive tunes!
Welcome Break found that Wham’s Last Christmas (29%) was the most popular driving song, beating White Christmas by Bing Crosby (27%) and All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey (26%).
We want to know what your kids think. They can vote in our reader poll here for their favourite tunes!
How can First News keep kids busy on the road?
- Take the latest issue of First News with you on the road!
- Play the weekly interactive quiz on the First News app and join the league tables!
- Complete the daily wordie puzzle and see how quickly they can get the answer
- Solve all the puzzles on the app – there’s splitwords, wordsearch, crosswords, sudoku, kriss kross, add up and more!
- Watch FYI – the news show presented by kids for kids. It covers topics such as scamming, disability, gaming, wildlife, the climate crisis, and fake news or fact stories!
