18 IDEAS
FOR MAKING
HOLIDAY
MEMORIES
Counting down to
Christmas Day means
many different things to
people across the globe.
Although people likely have
several different traditions
they anticipate each year,
it can be fun to incorporate
some new merrymakers
into the festivities. Here
are some festive ideas to
include in the days up until
Christmas — a special
family calendar of fun fi nds.
1. Annual memento: Have
the kids or adults make one
new handmade ornament
each year. This way the
tree is always evolving
and everyone can track
milestones.
2. Cookie day: Devote one
day to making Christmas
cookies. Invite friends
or family members over.
Distribute some cookies to
elderly neighbors.
3. Holiday classic: Spend
a night in and watch a
classic Christmas flick
you’ve never seen before.
Streaming movie services
often put classics and
obscure titles into rotation
during the holiday season.
4. Christmas concert:
Host a gathering of children
where they can sing or
perform their favorite tunes
for an audience. Take it
on the road to a nearby
nursing home.
5. Dine out: Take a break
from cooking, shopping
and hosting and stop into
a restaurant you’ve been
meaning to try. Keep it
local to support nearby
businesses.
6. Adopt a child/
family: Volunteer with a
charitable organization
that provides for less
fortunate families. Answer
the Christmas desires of
a needy child or family by
purchasing an item on their
wish lists.
7. See the sights: Pack
the children into the family
car to tour nearby areas
and look at Christmas
lights displays. Bring along
cookies and hot chocolate.
8. Trim a tree: Get together
with adult friends at a treetrimming
party. Rotate the
hosting house each year.
9. Play dress-up: A
gentleman can dress up as
the man in red and pop into
a friend’s holiday gathering.
10. Wilderness walk:
Enjoy the crisp air and
snow to see a local park
from a winter perspective.
11. Acts of kindness:
Choose any act of kindness
and make it happen this
Christmas. It can include
feeding the hungry or
helping a disabled person
shop for the season.
12. Kids’ Secret Santa:
Spread the joy of giving
by having the kids choose
a sibling or friend’s name
from a hat and purchasing/
making a gift for that
person.
13. Hand out hot
chocolate: Make a big
thermos of hot chocolate
and give it out to shoppers
or workers who have been
out in the cold.
14. Read religious
stories: Understand
the true meaning of the
season by reading Biblical
passages.
15. Camp-in: The first
night the tree is decorated,
allow the kids to sleep
beside it under the glow of
Christmas lights.
16. Scavenger hunt:
Plan holiday-themed trivia
questions and hide small
trinkets for children to fi nd.
17. Surprise box: Put
a gender and age nonspecific
gift into a box.
On Christmas Eve or
Christmas Day, the person
who fi nds a hidden gift tag
under their chair at dinner
gets to open the box.
18. Family portrait: Wear
your holiday finery and
pose for a portrait that
actually will be printed and
framed.
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