Christmas Bucket List Wrap-up

We finished out our Christmas season strong with lots of fun activities and lots of lazy days playing. 

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1. Go see Santa! -- We got to meet with Santa on the Christmas train last weekend.
2. Got to Fantasy of Lights at Franke Park -- Arthur, Q, and I went. Q fell asleep before we even got to the lights. At least Arthur enjoyed it. And it's way bigger this year.
3. Watch Christmas Movies -- We didn't see all of them, but a good chunk.
   1. Elf
   2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas ✓
   3. A Charlie Brown Christmas ✓
   4. The Polar Express ✓
   5. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ✓
   6. Christmas Vacation
   7. Love Actually
   8. A Christmas Story
   9. Holiday Inn ✓
   10. White Christmas
   11. Christmas in the Smokies ✓
   12. Christmas Crush/Holiday High School Reunion ✓
   13. A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale ✓
   14. A Christmas Crush ✓
   15. My Santa ✓
   16. Christmas in the City ✓
   17. Merry Kissmas ✓
   18. Naughty & Nice ✓
   19. How Sarah Got Her Wings ✓
   20. A Princess for Christmas ✓
   21. Christmas Inheritance ✓
   22. Home Alone ✓
   23. Frosty the Snowman ✓
4. Make Christmas Cookies -- We iced and decorated mom's sugar cookies.
5. Ride the Christmas train (New Haven)
6. Visit Oakland Zoo lights
7. Go ice skating
8. Make Christmas cocktails
9. Send Christmas cards
10. Make peppermint bark
11. Load computer/phone with Christmas music
12. Make a Christmas craft -- Arthur and I have been making the various crafts we bought at Michael's last month.
13. Check out and read 25 Christmas books  -- We surpassed 25 books, I just returned some to the library before listing them here. Silly me.
    1. Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
    2. Jingle-Jingle by Nicola Smee
    3. What Santa Can't Do by Douglas Wood
    4. A New Improved Santa by Patricia Rae Wolff
    5. How Many Sleeps 'til Christmas? by Mark Sperring
    6. Albert's Christmas by Leslie Tryon
    7. A Small Christmas by Wong Herbert Yee
    8. Holiday Helper by Jill Abramson
    9. Llama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dewdney
    10. Monster Needs a Christmas Tree by Paul Czajak
    11. Christmas Coal Man by Joe Kulka
    12. Dear Santasaurus by Stacy McAnulty
    13. Pig the Elf by Aaron Blabey
    14. Best Christmas Book Ever by Richard Scarry
    15. Merry Christmas Pocoyo by Kristen Depken
    16. The Night Before Christmas by Jan Brett
    17. I've Seen Santa! by David Bedford
    18. Click, Clack, Ho, Ho, Ho by Doreen Cronin
    19. The Chicken Who Saved Christmas by Daniel Howath
    20. Santa Rex by Molly Idle
    21. It's Christmas by Tracey Corderoy
14. Make Christmas ornaments
15. Make paper snowflakes
16. Write a letter to Santa
17. Decorate a gingerbread house 
18. Host/attend Christmas cookie exchange 
19. Read a Christmas-themed book (or two)
20. Participate in Secret Santa 
21. Find a new Christmas album 
22. Make Hot Chocolate
23. Drive around to see the Christmas lights
24. Make Christmas albums -- All three albums are done!
25. Make a snowglobe
26. Have a Christmas dance party
27. Call Santa
28. Have a candy cane hunt

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