Twenty-Four Days of Christmas Activities

[Gingerbug]

Some people like to start December 1st and do an activity a day until Christmas. Last year I bought a Christmas Treasury (Chicken Soup for Kids)...it was a neat book with a story a night to read aloud.

Other Ideas:

1. Magic Elf Celebration
2. Bake cookies
3. Make an ornament
4. Sleep over under the tree
5. Christmas movie and hot chocolate
6. Drive around looking at lights
7. Caroling
8. Visit a shut-in

 

[snowangel00]

1. Read a Christmas Book
2. Do a Christmas craft (snowflakes are always fun and easy)
3. Pick a tag off the angel tree
4. Deliver a gift to Toys for Tots
5. Make snowangels
6. Decorate the Christmas tree
7. Attend a local Christmas play, symphony, or recital
8. Make a care package for those serving over seas

 

[snowangel00]

1. Attend a live re-enactment of the manger scene
2. Attend a candle-light service
3. Make cookies or goodies and deliver to neighbors
4. Make cookies or goodies and deliver to firestations, ems, police sub-stations, veteran's home, hospital
5. Make an advent chain
6. Make Christmas potpourri (your home will smell wonderful!)

 

[snowangel00]

1. Turn off all the lights and eat dinner by candle light and Christmas tree lights
2. Light a fire and do your evening reading, writing, or relaxing by the fire.
3. Create a scrapbook page(s) together as a family.
4. Look through old family photos from Christmases past.

 

[Cathymac]

Attend your hometown Christmas parade, all bundled up and rosy cheeked, visit with Santa, sip cocoa, then go home and eat hot chili and cornbread! :lol:

 

[tam65]

My family does the following
1. Read Christmas related stories each of the nights of advent.
2. Watch Christmas theme videos
3. Christmas baking
4. Home made Christmas gifts by the children....pre schoolers and all
5. Bake for the Retirement village across the road. The children love it.
6. Visit Santa
7. Visit the best religious display that I can find.
8. Play Christmas carols daily
9. Decorate the tree and house
10. burn the advent wreath
11. Children make a new decoration each year.


There is more but I cant think of them .

Tamara :haha:

 

[EllaBlue]

Cathymac - I love the idea of the Christmas parade. Here in Vancouver, we are having a Santa Claus parade in mid-November (since we have Thanksgiving in October here in Canada). I am so looking forward to the parade. :sleigh:

 

[Twinkle]

Red and green day
Visit the Zoo lights
Do library program
Go to new Holiday movie
Have a scavenger hunt

 

[jackfrosty]

Make a paper chain-one link for each day-use pretty paper and print a christmas joke, Christmas trivia,good deed to do that day, or Christmas wish on each link! :rudolph:

 

[coffeenut]

attend a community lighting of the Christmas Tree. our community does a silver bells in the city for a weekend and lights the Christmas tree Friday night.
Attend a Victorian Christmas Celebration. One of our older community families hosts a celebration.
Take a tour of decorated homes. Our ladies group does this and then has refreshments.
attend a high school musical program
:skate:

 

[christmascreations]

Oh I absolutely love these lists. Keep them coming. I know last year my boys had fun with some of the activity printables from familyfun. They had holidaymcoloring pages, crossword puzzles, word searches, etc.... Plus my twins birthday is on the 14th so that is always exciting to add into the festivities!!!!

 

[Lana]

I always did the posters and wrapped a present for each day for the kids to unwrap. Last yr and this year I haven't did it but love to do it again. My kids are 23 and 20 and the daughters boyfriend is 21 and been around for (will be) 5 yrs. now. They like it and I am a kid at heart with Christmas yet. Girls are easier can do soxs, bath items, etc. guys I did them candy, scratchers. On HGTV --Carol this a.m. they had a guy that did advent calendars with bottle caps (from water and soda) and put little gifts in them and money and you put a paper top on and peel it off to get to the gift. He had little erasers, bracelets, lifesaver wrapped and etc. in them.