One of my favorite Yuletide songs is the one with the line that describes Xmas as being ‘the most glorious time of the year’. While everyone is looking forward to the receiving and giving of Yuletide gifts there are many more activities that make Xmas wonderful and memorable. In this piece I can share some of my favorite Xmas activities ; perhaps you can adopt some of them for your own family.
Selecting a Christmas Tree
The Xmas Tree is a focal point in our home at Yuletide and is the most observable display in the festive season. For many families the search for a Xmas Tree starts with a family trip to a tree farm on the day following Thanksgiving. In our place the memories begin with us hauling the big box containing our artificial tree out of the attic and making an attempt to remember how it all fits together!
Once the tree is assembled the genuine fun starts ; decorating it with beautiful Yuletide ornaments. Our complete family takes part in decorating the tree ; put some Xmas tunes on the stereo and have a sing-a-long while you decorate. Naturally plenty of our ornaments are bought from the store but we also love to make our own home-made Yuletide decorations. Lots of love goes into each ornament and as we empty them every year they bring back a large amount of contented memories about Christmases past. While decorations may change from year to year the home made ones always have a special place on our tree.
Baking cookies and other goodies
Another one of our memorable activities is cookie baking. We make gingerbread cookies and use Christmas-shaped cookie cutters to give them a festive feel. Baking cookies is an activity everyone can enjoy. Older youngsters can help with the baking while the younger ones can have fun sprinkling sugar on the finished cookies, or decorating them with icing. Just be certain to have the camera prepared for some great fun-filled Yuletide shots.
Making goodie baskets
If you put aside an entire day for baking you will be surprised at the quantity of Xmas cookies and other baked products you can turn out. These make fabulous gifts for friends and family ; even the kid’s teachers. Simply add the cookies and some fruit and other treat to a small basket and finish it off with a bow. Goodie baskets make excellent gifts as they’re home-made and this makes them more treasured than a Christmas present bought at the store.
Send a Xmas card or letter to loved ones
We mustn’t forget that Yuletide is the season of goodwill and good cheer and it is very important to reach out to friends and family in the holiday season. While you may be too hard at it to stay in touch in the year Yuletide is a fab time to catch up and share your folks reports. We spend some time making our own greetings cards for close friends and family. For out-of-town relations we write up a Xmas letter, packed full of stories from the year gone by. The little ones can help by decorating the letters, perhaps including drawings and pictures. These letters are a great way to share the important things that have happened in your life.
Finding our what Santa brought
Naturally the activity that everyone is looking forward to most is the gifts on Yuletide morning. The tiny ones sneak down on Xmas morning to see what Santa left for them in the night. Magically hiding the gifts the evening before is as much a unusual activities for the adults as seeing their little one’s faces light up as they tear open the gifts on Xmas morning.
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