My favorite time of the year is approaching super fast, so i'd be lying if I said I wasn't already super duper excited! Growing up I really had the best Christmases and was always kept busy in the run up to it too, I was always far too excited as soon as December hit that I needed things to keep me occupied! There's a little quote out here somewhere that says "I thought the best thing about Christmas was being a kid, but it's actually having children". No longer am I bothered about presents for myself, it's all about Abbie and making it a magical experience for her, and I believe the older she gets, the more magical it becomes!
This year is probably the first year she can get excited about everything properly, she already sings "We wish you a merry Christmas" and knows who Santa is too, although she doesn't care for opening presents still, I think this year we will keep the bigger presents unwrapped and on show when she comes downstairs, and the smaller ones wrapped up! With that being said, before the big day, we have lots of things we can get done to really get into the Christmas spirit, i've conjured up a list of 50 things you can do before then to help!
1. Leave Santa's footprints 2. Make a gingerbread house 3. Make a christmas eve box 4. Buy advent calendars 5. Make your own christmas cards 6. Go ice skating 7. Visit light switch on event 8. Make christmas cookies 9. Make hot chocolates 10. Visit Santa's grotto
11. Watch Christmas movies 12. Have a chocolate coin hunt around the house 13. Have a karaoke night with Christmas songs 14. Read Christmas stories 15. Drive around and see all the Christmas lights 16. Make snow angels (if it snows, obviously) 17. Have an indoor picnic 18. Create a den indoors 19. Buy some new Christmas pyjamas 20. Make ornaments for the tree
21. Donate boxes of toys 22. Make a snow globe 23. Take family photos by the tree 24. Go for a winter walk 25. Watch The Nativity 26. Visit nursing homes and sing carols 27. Make paper snowflakes 28. Make puppets 29. Play board games 30. Make santa bubble beards in the bath
31. Dress up with the little ones 32. Make paper chains 33. Make mince pies 34. Take a photo every day from 1st December 35. Visit a Christmas market 36. Make New Year's resolutions 37. Take part in Secret Santa 38. Make Christmas Bunting
39. Make up a lucky dip game40. Create Christmas flash cards
41. Make up a dance to a Christmas Song
42. Go and see a Christmas play at the theatre43. Take bokeh photos of your Christmas tree lights
44. Make some Christmassy vlogs, putting up the tree, unwrapping presents etc
45. Visit Santa!
46. Meet some Reindeer
47. Make Christmas wish lists
48. Make your own fake snow
49. Play games together, Heads Up is one of our favourites!
50. Make a massive bed in the living room, snuggle up, watch Christmas movies and eat lots!
What are your family traditions?
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