The holidays are amazing for a lot of reasons – the lights, the goodwill, the decorations, the gifts, the snow… and the TRADITIONS! Here are some family traditions you could easily start this year to really embrace the spirit of the season and amp up your holidays!
GO CAROLING: Start a local group or join a group – either way, you’ll get out and spread the joy of the season to your neighbors!
- GoCaroling.com is a great resource for this, and they even have free downloads of songs to print off. Want to go all out?
- Wear old-timey caroling costumes
- Sing at home and rock some Christmas karaoke
UGLY SWEATER PARTY: This classic tradition is often overlooked as cliche. But it can sure be a fun way to host a party! Really make it your own by not ONLY wearing ugly Christmas sweaters.
DECORATING CHRISTMAS COOKIES: As a family, this can be really fun! Make it an entire evening by creating your dough, using fun cookie cutters to make your shapes, then setting out all of your supplies on the table to get to decorating! Make some hot cocoa, turn on the Christmas tunes & have fun!
- Try some new hot cocoa flavors for the event
- Grab a muffin tin to place your different holiday sprinkles & frostings in & keep them separated
- Add small candies, pretzels, and even chocolate chips to the decorations
- Throw some Christmas sprinkles in the dough to make your cookies really stand out
CREATE ORNAMENTS: They make fun gifts, decorations, AND a fun evening with the family, as you decorate your ornaments!
- Amazon has a ton of different wood ornaments that you can paint
- Tree-Mendous is a neat little gadget to help you create unique ornaments
- Fillable ornaments are great – stick sentimental notes inside, or use Christmas trinkets
- Don’t forget the glitter!
FIND FESTIVE LIGHTS: Grab your coziest blankets, stop by Starbucks for a holiday drink, and drive around the neighborhood to look at lights and decorations!
- Google is your best friend to find neighborhoods near you worth driving through
- You can also use the Cheer Map on NextDoor
WRITE LETTERS TO SANTA: Make it a family tradition to write letters to Santa – even the adults can join in the fun!
- There are fun letters to Santa writing kits you can grab
- Score a fun Santa Mailbox to put your letters in
- Go old school and store those letters in a cute Christmas scrapbook to give the kids when they grow up
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS?
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