Thanks for your replies ladies. Sorry it took me ages to respond but it's teething, crawling, pulling-up-on-furniture, chasing-the-dog mayhem here!!

I think I'll go with several of your suggestions. Firstly, I'll just throw myself into it with DD and hope that the enthusiasm is infectious. I've noticed that when he first started reading to her he was reluctant to do silly voices or ham things up - just read the book with a little inflection. Since he's heard me reading and oinking like a pig and doing big gruff voices, whispering etc., I've noticed that he gets more into the stories too. It's funny coz he can be very very silly at times, but I think some of his reluctance may come from a fear of being judged as childish or cheesy. If he can see that Ivy loooves it, he's sure to play along to get her to smile!

Secondly, I think I will try and establish some traditions of our own that don't revolve around those things that he finds 'lame' or 'meaningless' about Christmas... as to what they might be?? Well I don't know. Might start another thread to get the ideas flowing.

Thanks again for your input.