Saturday, December 3, 2011

countdown to christmas

I blogged for The Chronicle Herald on Wednesday about wanting to start a Christmas countdown tradition in our home. The idea that I liked best, of out all of the great ones I found on Pinterest, was a holiday activity for each day of December.

Here's what we're planning:

December 1: Sing Christmas songs.
December 2: Send letter to Santa here.
December 3: Bake Christmas cookies.
December 4: Watch Elf on CBC.
December 5: Colour Christmas pictures.
December 6: Make paper ornaments.
December 7: Take festive family photos.
December 8: Shop for stocking stuffers.
December 9: Send Christmas cards officially from our new address.
December 10: Deck the halls in our new home!
December 11: Watch Home Alone on CBC.
December 12: Make DIY Christmas gifts for friends.
December 13: Read Christmas stories.
December 14: Take an evening drive to look at Christmas lights.
December 15: Make paper snowflakes.
December 16: Go on a winter walk.
December 17: Do a good deed.
December 18: Build a snowman (weather permitting) or make an indoor version.
December 19: Make snow angels, inside or out.
December 20: Play outside.
December 21: Sip hot chocolate with candy cane stir sticks.
December 22: Read Christmas more stories.
December 23: Drive home for the holidays! Listen to lots of Christmas music along the way!
December 24-29: Celebrate Christmas with family.
December 30: Make a list of family plans and resolutions for 2012.
December 31: Stay up late, enjoy treats, and ring in the new year as a family.
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5 comments:

  1. AmyDecember 3, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    I really like this idea. I had hoped to do something similar for our advent calendar but it was hard to think of 24 things for Pete and I, so we're going to start on the 12th and countdown the "12 days of Christmas" with activities. When Eli gets bigger we'll likely start doing the whole month of December!

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  2. lindseyDecember 3, 2011 at 8:35 AM

    It was hard to come up with that many things, Amy. 12 is much more attainable! We'll see how much of this stuff gets done!

    Don't know what's up with the colour of the text. The words should be all red or green, but the formatting won't seem to stick for some reason ... might be finally time to switch to Wordpress ...

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  3. kelly@tearinguphousesDecember 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    love this!

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