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Christmas Bucket List Update

Christmas time is here!!!! Bring on the festive events and activities. (8/25)

  1. Make Christmas Cookies ✓ — I always make my Ginger Molasses Cookies and they always remind me of Christmas.

  2. Watch 5 Christmas movies (1/5)

    • How the Grinch Stole Christmas

  3. Complete a Christmas book advent - in progress

  4. Make hot cocoa

  5. Create snow angels

  6. Create paper snowflakes

  7. Make an ornament

  8. Buy a Christmas sweater ✓ — I got one with dinosaurs wearing Santa hats. Q very much approves!

  9. Sing Christmas carols

  10. Build a gingerbread house (or train or whatever)

  11. Help Arthur write a letter to Santa

  12. Drive around and see the lights

  13. Go visit Santa ✓ - We met Santa at The Durham for family night.

  14. Send out Christmas cards ✓

  15. Read 10 Christmas/winter stories (12/10) ✓

    • A Christmas Bride by Hope Ramsay

    • The Christmas Layover by Robert Tate Miller

    • Unexpected Gifts by Elena Aitken

    • Unexpected Endings by Elena Aitken

    • Christmas Lovebirds by Rachelle Ayala

    • Christmas with the Black Sheep by Natalie-Nicole Bates

    • My Christmas Curse by Joan Gable

    • Santa’s on His Way

    • Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Robin Bielman

    • A Kiss of Christmas by Jillian Eaton

    • Finding Christmas by Karen Schaler

    • 25 Days ‘til Christmas by Poppy Alexander

  16. Leave out cookies for Santa

  17. Visit the Feztival of Trees ✓

  18. Take a photo of all four boys together

  19. Find a new holiday album

  20. Visit the Fantasy of Lights

  21. Go sledding

  22. Create my December Daily base pages

  23. Participate in two gift exchanges ✓ — I ended up participating in three: Book and Wine Exchange; OBM Book Exchange; OBM Coffee Exchange

  24. See live reindeer ✓

  25. Find a Christmas door hanger

Next up on the TBR pile: