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Holiday Traditions

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I love holidays and the traditions that come with the festivities. I would be lying if I said I didn’t get into the Christmas music and lights and the merriness of everything and everyone during this time of year. I’d also be lying if I said that as soon as it’s over I’m not dreading the next few months of brown slushy snow, cold, and overall dreariness of the months to come. Can’t we just skip from January 1 to April 1? Or better yet, only have three months of beautiful, white pretty snow? I love to do outdoor winter sports (XX SKIING!!!!) but am done with it after a few months of bifs and shirt fulls of snow.

I never really got into “traditions” before living on my own. Our family always does the best Christmas day – egg strada for breakfast, open presents, go for a walk, head to grandma’s. I love it, and I guess in its own way it is a tradition. But this year, I put together my 25 Days of Christmas list – things that I am excited to try with my husband and friends. What other suggestions do you have for holiday to-do lists?

  • 1. Create a cookie exchange
  • 2. Drive around with hot chocolate (in a sealed mug, of course) and look at Christmas lights
  • 3. Pick a few names off the tree at the mall and buy some exciting gifts for those in need
  • 4. Attend a holiday parade
  • 5. Watch my favorite Christmas movies (Hello, A Christmas Story and Elf) while drinking spiked hot chocolate in my jammies
  • 6. Host a Christmas Round Robin
  • 7. Create some pretty rockin’ DIY gifts for family and friends
  • 8. Window Shop
  • 9. Attend the Nutcracker in the Castle live display at the Paine Art Center and Gardens in Oshkosh, WI
  • 10. Create an Advent calendar
  • 11. Decorate a gingerbread house
  • 12. Create a recordable Christmas book for a new lil baby in our lives (Yay Carter!!)
  • 13. Travel home and see family + friends
  • 14. Make homemade apple cider in the crock pot
  • 15. Hang lights outside on our patio
  • 16. Go to a live nativity scene
  • 17. Have a campfire with family in Wausau
  • 18. Help serve food at a shelter
  • 19. Open and give special gifts
  • 20. Picnic dinner by Christmas tree
  • 21. Go ice skating
  • 22. Create Christmas cards
  • 23. Make homemade ornaments for family
  • 24. Make a homemade wreath
  • 25. Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas

What do you do for the holidays?