Over the last year I’ve realized that I want to make a go at
this blogging thing. However, that
realization doesn’t miraculously make it happen. Sometimes the first step is the hardest step
to take. I have been brainstorming and
writing down ideas for months. I have
always been a planner but I think that this exercise has been more about
procrastinating out of fear.
The holiday season is my favorite time of the year so there
are so many things that I want to share.
As we approach the holiday season, I plan to embrace the spirit of
giving.
As a crafter, the season leading up to the holidays is often
filled with making – crafts, food and memories.
A few years ago, I made an advent calendar garland of mittens to hang on
my stairs. The mittens are large enough
for a small candy cane or some chocolates.
I have always wanted to include a paper slip with a holiday inspired
task or activity for each day counting down to Christmas. I have held back, not for lack of ideas, but
because I want to be surprised each day.
So I had a brilliant solution the other day. My husband and I came up with
the 25 ideas together, wrote them on slips of paper, mixed them up and included a
random slip in each mitten. Since we
know the full list in advance, we can make sure to have everything necessary on
hand.
Bring on December 1st because here’s the full
list for our advent calendar:
1. Wear something red
2. Enjoy a hot beverage
3. Enjoy a glass of eggnog with or without the “holiday
cheer”
4. Get your peppermint fix with a candy cane
5. Take a tip from Santa and enjoy a plate of
cookies and a glass of milk
6. Listen to a holiday playlist over dinner
7. Sing “The 12 Days of Christmas” and if needed
sing through the last verse of
“The 12 Pains of Christmas” if the mood suits
8. Have a holiday dance party in the living room – “Rockin’
Around the Christmas
Tree” is a must
9. Get caught under the mistletoe
10.
Watch the yule log (it’s available on Amazon
Prime video)
11.
Watch a Christmas movie – whatever suits
12.
Watch Prep
& Landing
13.
Play Letters to Santa (a card game based on Love
Letter)
14.
Wear white and red
15.
Wear green
16.
Share something we are each thankful for
17.
Take a picture of something Christmasy – bonus points
if we are in the picture
18.
Share our Christmas wish this year
19.
Read aloud the poem “T’was the Night Before
Christmas”
20.
Make a Christmas ornament
21.
Enjoy a candlelight evening by the Christmas
tree – PJs a must
22.
Have dinner on our Holiday dishes
23.
Make a Christmas inspired drink – without or
without the “cheer”
24.
Go for an evening walk to see the area lights
25.
Make Christmas cookies
Runner-up that didn’t make our final list: Do
you want to build a snowman? If the snow
has come down then opt for the real deal or if lacking in the precipitation,
opt for watching Frozen
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