New Mom Vibes

Christmas is right around the corner and its time to make the most of this holiday season. Creating a family Christmas bucket list is the perfect way to make lasting memories. It doesn’t have to be difficult to come up with ideas for your Christmas bucket list. These ideas are guaranteed fun for your family during the Christmas season.

Decorate your Christmas tree

Putting up Christmas tree decorations is a great way to bond with your family.  If you’re buying a real Christmas tree, you can go to a local Christmas tree farm with your family to pick out the perfect tree. Have your kids help decide on the decorations so your tree has your family’s unique touch.

Make hot chocolate from scratch

What’s a nice cold holiday season without a delicious cup of hot chocolate? Grab your family, get in the kitchen and make hot chocolate from scratch. Spending time in the kitchen is a fun way to create memories with your kids.  Don’t have time to make hot chocolate from scratch? You can also make a hot chocolate bar by using premade coco for the hot chocolate and setting up topping stations such as whipped cream and peppermint shavings.

DIY and Hang stockings

Bring out the creativity in your family by letting each person make their own stockings.  Check out Pinterest for fun and unique Christmas stocking ideas. Hang them on the fireplace mantle or near the Christmas tree to show off your masterpieces.

Wear family PJ’s on Christmas eve

Matching Pajama’s can be an exciting Christmas eve gift that everyone can look forward to. Prior to Christmas, your family can come to a decision together on which PJ’s to wear that year. Unwrap the PJ’s as a Christmas Eve gift and take family pictures to capture the memorable moment.

Binge watch Hallmark’s holiday movies

Hallmark is known for their annual Christmas movies.  Their movies have gotten so popular that they actually begin showing them in November!  Pick a weekend in December and binge watch all of this season’s Hallmark’s movies.

Take Christmas pictures

An annual Christmas-themed photo-shoot is a great way to take family pictures to look back on.  You can either have them professionally shot or taken by a family friend. If you’re also planning on sending out Christmas cards, take the pictures in late November or early December to have time to make the cards and send them out.

Make peppermint bark

Peppermint bark is a sweet and classic holiday favorite. It’s such an easy recipe to make and appeals to both kids and adults alike.  As mentioned before, getting in the kitchen with your family is a fun way to hang out and celebrate the holidays. And what kid wouldn’t like to make desserts with chocolate?

Put up Christmas decorations in the front of your house

Who doesn’t love Christmas decorations? Work together as a team to come up with ideas to decorate the front of your house.

Drive (or walk) around your neighborhood to look at lights

The easiest way to get excited about Christmas is to go for a drive around your town to look at all of the Christmas lights. Nothing screams Christmas like listening to Christmas music while you drive through your neighborhood looking at the beautifully decorated homes of your neighbors.

Go to your town’s Christmas tree lighting

Most towns invite families in the neighborhood to the annual lighting of the town’s Christmas tree.  Although the lighting of the Christmas tree is the grand finale, most Christmas tree lighting events also include family activities like ice skating, ice sculptures and food. It’s also a fun way to get to celebrate your town with your neighbors.

Read Christmas stories together

If you have young kids, adding Christmas stories to their nightly bedtime story routine can get the kids excited for Christmas. Let the kids pick out the Christmas story of the night and take turns between you and your child reading the story.

Go see a Christmas play

Whether it’s a local playhouse or a large theater, most cities have plenty of options for holiday plays.  Take your family to one of the classics including A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker, or How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Give back to the community

Giving back to the community is always a fun and meaningful activity to do with your family.  There are plenty of options during the Christmas season such as donating to Toys for Tots, sponsoring a family by purchasing gifts on the family’s Christmas list, or volunteering at a shelter. 

Make Christmas cookies for Santa

Bake cookies with your family to put out for Santa on Christmas eve. The “cookies and milk” tradition gets the kids excited about Christmas day. For an extra jolt of excitement, you can turn on the news and track where Santa is on his journey around the world as you’re baking.

Sing Christmas songs

Put on the Christmas music classics and bolt out the words at the top of your lungs. Feeling bold? Christmas caroling is also a fun family activity.

Do you have other ideas for a Christmas bucket list? Comment below!

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