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These Christmas Activities Need to Be on Your Family's Holiday Bucket List

Country Living

November 29, 2022 at 6:07 PM

1) Host an ice-skating social.

2) Make your own garland.

3) Build a snowman.

4) Cross-stitch some Christmas merriment.

5) Try a non-tree tree.

6) Go on a winter scavenger hunt.

7) Add cheer to your front door.

8) Decorate a tabletop tree.

9) Hold a neighborhood cookie swap.

10) Hang stockings by the fireplace.

11) Play secret Santa.

12) Try a new dessert.

13) Read a bedtime story by the tree.

14) Bake a candy cane cake.

15) Create (or buy!) an advent calendar.

16) Don't forget to decorate your kitchen.

17) Make your own Christmas centerpiece.

18) Start a holiday-inspired collection.

19) Find a fun way to display your holiday cards.

20) Have a family slumber party under the tree.

21) Decorate a gingerbread house.

22) Craft your own Christmas cards.

23) Swirl up a new hot cocoa.

24) Make the tree room the game room.

25) Make salt dough ornaments.

26) Have a craft day with your kids.

27) Make your own holiday tree trimmings.

28) Head to a Christmas tree farm near you.

29) Play Christmas tree eye spy.

30) See a Christmas choir or orchestra.

31) Share the fun with the birds!

32) Go ice skating with your family.

33) Visit one of the best Christmas towns across the USA.

34) Whip up an eggnog cocktail.

35) Celebrate the season with a Polar Express train ride.

36) Throw on your favorite tacky Christmas sweater.

37) Mail a letter to Santa.

38) Hang mistletoe in every doorway.

39) Video chat with an out-of-town friend or relative.

40) Go sledding.

41) Make a DIY gift for a past or present teacher.

42) Sip on homemade hot cocoa.

43) Roast marshmallows in the fireplace for homemade s'mores.

44) Deliver homemade holiday treats to someone unexpected.

45) Make a playlist of your favorite holiday tunes.

46) Write a holiday greeting to someone in the armed forces.

47) Visit a tree-lighting ceremony.

48) Watch a holiday favorite.

49) Surprise the neighbors with Christmas carols.

50) Volunteer at a local soup kitchen.

51) Cut paper snowflakes to hang in your bedroom window.

52) Donate a toy to a local drive.

53) Read a holiday classic before bed.

54) Open one small gift on Christmas Eve.

55) Take a family drive to see the neighborhood holiday decorations.

Check all of the fun winter activities off our ultimate Christmas bucket list, from making a Christmas centerpiece to going ice skating with your family.

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