25 Days of Christmas

Like I said before, this year is the last year Ben and I will celebrate the holidays as a family of 2. As exciting as that is, I also want to make sure we intentionally enjoy this season of life as it comes to a close. I'm also a sucker for the holidays and traditions in general, so this will hopefully get the ball rolling on establishing some family traditions for the future! So here is my list of Christmas fun to get us in the spirit and take full advantage of soaking up the season:

25 Days of Christmas:

1. Create a CD, Pandora station, or iPod playlist with our favorite Christmas songs.

2. Participate in Operation Christmas Child

3. Christmas Movie Night with seasonal treats

4. Annual Christmas Picture

5. Journal in the Family Christmas Book

6. Attend “A Christmas Carol” at Memorial Auditorium

7. Christmas Cookie Decorating – give to neighbors

8. Drive around and look at Christmas lights

9. Visit a Living Nativity

10. Attend a Christmas Parade

11. Visit a tree farm and choose and/or cut down our own tree.

12. Decorate our Christmas tree while sipping hot chocolate or cider and listening to Christmas music.

13. Annual Christmas Cards

14. Open a present on Christmas Eve -- new pajamas!

15. Potluck Christmas Dinner party with friends

16. Have a special, traditional Christmas breakfast

17. Make Christmas crafts and homemade decorations

18. Give each child a new ornament that represents something important they did that year

19. Attend a Christmas Eve Service

20. Advent Calendar 

21. Take a family trip to the mountains 

That's all I have for now - we'll see if I can come up with others to add to the list and how many we actually get to cross off this year!