One of my favorite things about the holidays is our Advent calendar. First of all, who doesn’t love a countdown? Next, because our advent calendar is filled with activities, it allows me to think about all of the things that make Christmas so special and plan it all out in ListPlanIt‘s Advent Activity Planner (in Holidays & Occasions). The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas seems to shrink every year. Christmas used to sneak up on me. Finally, it is a whole lot of FUN! Advent starts Thursday, December 1. For more information on how to plan your own Advent Activity Calendar, read about it here. Below are a few of our family favorite Advent activities. You can see our calendar for this year here.
- Gift everyone with a new Christmas cup or glass and toast with a wish for December
- Learn a Christmas Song/Poem. Perform it on video.
- Write letters to Santa
- Movie Night…with a family favorite (Rudolph, Polar Express, Emmit Otter, Elf)
- Bake Christmas cookies.
- Cut down your own Christmas tree
- Celebrate St. Nick’s Day (12/6)
- Do a Christmas craft
- Decorate inside and out for Christmas
- Make a popcorn string for the tree.
- Go Christmas caroling with friends.
- Have a dinner picnic under the Christmas tree
- Demonstrate holiday spirit to someone else
- Celebrate Hannukkah by playing the dreidel or eating latkes
- Put some hot chocolate in thermoses, get on some cozy pjs and go for an evening drive to look at Christmas lights in your town
- Make Reindeer Dust
- Build a gingerbread house.
- Attend a live nativity
What is your favorite family Christmas-time activity?
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