A Few of My Favorite Things...

​Christmas is such a wonderful time to remember our Savior, Jesus Christ, and to create memories with friends and family. As moms, a lot of this responsibility of making the Christmas season memorable is
​ up to us!

I have created a list of a few of my favorite things that our family likes to do during the Christmas season and some new things we're going to try this year. A few of these ideas may be new to you or you may already do them yourselves. But my hope is that I get you thinking about some things you can do with your families this year to make this Christmas one to remember.


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Have the kids decorate their rooms for Christmas​
*I love to see my kids being creative and have an
opportunity to contribute to Christmas
​decorations.

Decorate their own Christmas trees

​Pick out a new ornament together

​Do a secret service activity for neighbors

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Create Christmas carols books so we can remember all the words
*Christmas songs really bring in the Spirit of
Christmas into our homes and helps us to
remember what we're celebrating.

​Sing a Christmas song with the kids each night
*Give each of the kids and instrument like bells to play.

Set up different battle stations in the house and have a snowball fight with the fake snowballs if there’s no snow

​Have the kids shop for Christmas presents for each other
​ *I really love the idea of them making each other a gift I just
​don’t know if that’s going to happen this year.

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Wrap Christmas books like a present and read a new
one each night

Paint a wooden nutcracker or ornament 

​​Make gingerbread houses
*Maybe it' s the lazy mom in me or because my kids are all still little, but I like to buy the gingerbread house sets from Costco. If you have little ones like me this the way to go! The walls are pre-made and it gives the kids more time to actually decorate, they taste good and I don't have to buy a million bags of candy! Trust me it's worth it!

​Find old toys to donate and make room for new ones
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​Go ice skating

Play "Minute to Win It Games" Christmas edition

Make Gingerbread cookies
* These are seriously my favorite cookies and I have never
​ made them so we're doing it this year!

Watch”White Christmas”
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​Make Christmas smelling potpourri with cinnamon sticks, oranges cranberries etc.

​Have the kids make their own “Find it” game for their friends gift

Go see the outdoor lights downtown or drive through the neighborhood

​Go caroling to neighbors
*We used to do this with friends in our neighborhood, and it was some
of the best memories I have from Christmas growing up. So get your friends
together and go Caroling.

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Christmas Activity List
Have the kids decorate their rooms for Christmas​
Decorate their own Christmas trees
Pick out a new ornament together
Do a secret service activity for neighbors
​Create a Christmas carols book so we can remember all the words
Sing a Christmas song with the kids each night *Give each of the kids and instrument like bells to play
Have a snowball fight with the fake snowballs if there’s no snow
Have the kids shop for Christmas presents for each other or make them for each other
Wrap Christmas books like a present and read a new one each night
Paint a wooden nutcracker
​Find old toys to donate and make room for new ones
​​Make gingerbread houses
Go ice skating
Play "Minute to Win It Games" Christmas edition
Make Christmas smelling potpourri with cinnamon sticks, oranges cranberries etc.
​Have the kids make their own “Find it” game for their friends gift
Watch”White Christmas”
Go see the outdoor lights downtown or drive through the neighborhood
​Go caroling to neighbors
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