We like to do something Christmas themed every single day of December leading up to Christmas! It helps spread the Holiday out and helps us get in the Christmas spirit! Here are some things we like to do as a family.
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Christmas treats
Christmas Activities
We love taking a night and going for a drive to look at lights! Extra bonus points if you have hot cocoa or get a fun treat
Look at Christmas Lights
We love watching Christmas movies and making treats. You could do a couple different movie nights and do hot cocoa bar for 1, make cookies one night, or do christmas popcorn!
Christmas Movie Night (or multiple movie nights!)
Make a Christmas basket for a friend or neighbor or spouse! So fun!
Christmas Baskets
Make potpourri as a family for your house and its great to give to people as a non-food option for Christmas. Makes your house smell AMAZING
Make Stovetop Christmas Potpourri
This is a fun way to personalize celebrating for your family! Make a DIY advent calendar and have activities or things to do with your kids everyday.
DIY Advent Calendar
Find some fun Christmas themed games and have friends over or play them as a family.
Christmas Game night
We LOVE decorating gingerbread houses or gingerbread cookies around christmas time.
Decorate Gingerbread Houses
If you like real trees, go to a Christmas Tree Farm and then get some hot cocoa or apple cider after!
Christmas Tree Farm
Do a hot chocolate bar as a family or for a party! SO fun.
Hot Chocolate Bar
Find a Christmas parade or downtown activities near you!
Christmas Parade
A lot of local libraries have Christmas story time for kids and areas they can play with toys! Perfect for kids.
Christmas in the Library
Such a fun winter activity!
Ice Skating
Make some Christmas themed food!
Christmas Food
Go to the store as a family and have the kids pick up some Christmas books and read them at night!
Christmas Books to Read from the Store
This is an obvious one but we like to do this right after Thanksgiving or on Dec. 1
Decorate for Christmas
Decorate the tree as a family
Decorate Your Christmas Tree
Christmas treats
I LOVE TRUFFLES! We used to each pick a kind of truffle to make and all the kids got to make their own truffles, and if we ended up with a lot we would share them with neighbors and friends.
Christmas truffles recipes
Some fun Christmas ideas if you have small kids
10 Christmas Footprint Art Ideas
SO yummy and perfect for a movie night or game night
Christmas Popcorn Mix
What's the point of decorating gingerbread houses if you can't eat them after? LOVE this recipe
