The answer to your New Year’s Day kids-let-me-sleep plea from @Netflix_ca #StreamTeam

It’s that time of year again. The year is coming to a close, a new year is on our horizon and whether you stay in or go out, if you have kids, you will likely have to deal with the New Year’s Day inevitable early morning risers. Thankfully our friends at Netflix are helping all families manage New Year’s Eve by creating a 10 on demand countdowns for kids.

Kids get to celebrate with mom and dad, and parents get the kids to bed before midnight (one can dream!) – it is a win-win for everyone. This year’s countdowns are based on some of kids’ favorite shows: Word Party, Puffin Rock, Luna Petunia, Beat Bugs, All Hail King Julien, Skylanders Academy, Trollhunters, Project Mc2, Fuller House and Chasing Cameron. 

But after any good party comes the morning after, with cranky kids and tired parents. So Netflix is also making parents’ lives a little easier the next morning. Inspired by a strategic playlist of shows kids will jump at the chance to watch back-to-back, Netflix has created a simple tool that will give kids permission to press play while parents hit snooze: The Netflix Door Sign.

It’s easy! Parents can print and cut out their Netflix door sign at home, then hang it on their bedroom door before hitting the sack on New Year’s Eve. Parents can almost guarantee precious extra Zzz’s the next morning, when kids realize they can watch back-to-back episodes of the (strategically recommended*) shows listed on the door sign… a compromise sure to appease adults and children alike.   

Fun Fact: There’s a big spike in kids content viewing on New Year’s Day, making Jan. 1st one of the most watched days of kids content on Netflix. In fact, according to viewership data, total viewing of kids content on New Year’s Day 2016 exceeded nearly every single weekend day in 2015.

Here are 10 shows to help parents in Canada get a little more shut-eye based on titles kids are most likely to watch back-to-back in one sitting*: 

• Ask the StoryBots
• Care Bears & Cousins
• Dragons: Race to the Edge
• Ever After High
• LEGO Bionicle: The Journey to One
• Pokémon: Indigo League
• Skylanders Academy
• Voltron: Legendary Defender
• Mako Mermaids: An H2O Adventure
• Project Mc²

*This selection of titles is based on how fast a viewer consumed the whole season of a particular title as measured by the median days it took to complete each season of a show, according to Netflix viewership data.

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