With Christmas growing ever closer, the blogs of divorce solicitors and online divorce providers are rife with articles advising divorcees to put any feelings of acrimony they may harbour towards their former spouses aside during the festive season. Whilst these posts may come across as sanctimonious, though, it does not change the fact that the advice imparted within them is invaluable to any individual whose divorce has left a bitter taste in the mouth. The teachings contained within these writings are most relevant to divorce parents who share parental responsibility for their children. It is imperative that these couples put their children’s needs first and create arrangements that will see both parents enjoy sufficient contact with their children over the Christmas period. Such arrangements will benefit the adults in question just as much as the children. The need to create such arrangements may be problematic if the parent’s relationship is particularly frosty, but parents who find themselves in this situation need to remember that their children are far less likely to enjoy Christmas if they are not afforded time with both of their parents. Regardless of how acrimonious their divorce may have been parents need to put these differences aside during Christmas. That is not to suggest that divorced spouses should only put their differences to one side if they have children. Christmas is a time for forgiving and forgetting after all and putting a bitter divorce behind you will do you the world of good.