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 (Peacock Lane is a classic)
- 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 (See Wired’s list of 27 of the Best Family Board Games)
- Deliver treats to your neighbor’s doorstep
- Go caroling
- Donate a meal to someone in need
- Try a new recipe or two (Here’s a list of The New York Times’ most popular recipes of 2023)
- Host a Zoom party with your extended family who lives out of town
- Watch a Christmas movie marathon (Check out TV Guide’s Ultimate Christmas and Holiday Movies and Specials Guide 2023)
- Spend all day in your pajamas
- Cook a Christmas brunch
- Go through your family photos and frame special memories (Framebridge makes it super easy)
- Walk through ZooLights at the Oregon Zoo
- Send holiday cards (We love Minted)
- Read a book (Support Powell’s, the world’s largest independent bookstore based in Portland!)
- Write your “24 for 2024” list (a fun idea from writer Gretchen Rubin)
- Buy a coffee for the car behind you in the drive-thru
- Organize your closet and donate to an organization
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Buy a holiday ornament to symbolize the year (Old World Christmas has a wide variety)
- Write handwritten thank-you notes
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Binge on a new Netflix show (See what’s new on Netflix in December 2023)
- Drive until you find snow
- Create a time capsule
- Interview a relative and record their answers (better yet, gift someone a Storyworth subscription – it makes a great last-minute gift)
- 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 (Here’s a list of the Best Online Fitness Classes of 2023, according to Very Well Fit)
- Dress up for New Year’s Eve
- Create a vision board for 2024
- Organize your passwords
- Update your car emergency kit (Here are some ideas so you’re prepared)
- Take a day road trip (Coast, Mountains, or Desert?)
- Go on a winter hike
- Sponsor a family for Christmas
- Create a new playlist & share it
- Start a gratitude journal practice
- Have a family photoshoot
- Create a year-in-review photo book (Chatbooks and Shutterfly make it easy!)
- Build a gingerbread house (Here are 3 mistakes you’re making when creating your gingerbread houses according to a viral TikTok baker)
- Drink a seasonal beverage or festive cocktail
- 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? We’d love to hear from you on Facebook!