There’s no place like home for the holidays! Make it a December to remember by checking a few things off our holiday bucket list! (Bonus: There are over 50 seasonal ideas to choose from)
How many activities can you check off?
Home for the Holidays Bucket List:
- Drive around and find the house with the best Christmas light display
- Participate in a cookie exchange party
- Organize an area of the house that you’ve put off
- Set up a hot chocolate bar with fun toppings
- Host a game night with your family
- Deliver treats to your neighbor’s doorstep
- Go caroling (it’s harder to hear how out of tune your singing really is with a mask on)
- Donate a meal to healthcare workers
- Try a new recipe or two
- Host a Zoom party with your extended family
- Watch a Christmas movie marathon
- Spend all day in your pajamas
- Cook a Christmas brunch
- Go through your family photos and frame special memories
- Drive through ZooLights at the Oregon Zoo
- Update your address book to send holiday cards next year
- Read a book (Powell’s is open!)
- Order take out from your favorite local restaurant
- Buy a coffee for the car behind you in the drive-thru
- Organize your closet and donate to an organization
- Buy a holiday ornament to symbolize this strange year
- Write thank-you notes
- Binge on Dream Home Makeover on Netflix
- Drive until you find snow
- Create a time capsule
- Interview a relative and record their answers
- Document your family tree
- Have a “no-screen time” day
- Donate to a food bank
- Plan your next vacation
- Get creative – paint, knit, build, etc.
- Try a virtual fitness class
- Dress up for New Year’s Eve
- Create a vision board for 2021
- Organize your passwords
- Clean your car
- Take a day road trip
- Go on a winter hike
- Sponsor a family for Christmas
- Create a new playlist & share it
- Start a gratitude journal
- Have a family photoshoot
- Create a year in review photo book
- Build a gingerbread house
- Drink a seasonal beverage
- Create a home spa
- Make dinner together
- Complete a puzzle
- Light a holiday candle
- Tackle a DIY project
- Visit the Silverton Christmas Market at the Oregon Garden
What other holiday ideas would you add to the list?