Planning a Christmas bucket list is exciting. The holiday can be one of the best times of the year as it lasts about a month and involves family, friends, lights, and presents.
Since the holiday only comes once a year, don’t feel like you have to complete everything on this Christmas bucket list at once. You can spread it out over a couple years or even keep adding to it.
Enjoy the Christmas season and have as much fun as possible with your family and friends.
The Ultimate Christmas Bucket List
Make ugly Christmas sweaters, but make them hilarious so you can check it off your funny bucket list.
Make Christmas cookies
Watch all the new Hallmark movies for the holiday
If skiing is on your USA bucket list, you can check it off both lists at once
Make a hot chocolate bar
Do a white elephant gift exchange
Visit Galeries Lafayette for their gigantic Christmas tree and check it off your Paris bucket list
Pick out a Christmas tree from a farm and decorate it
Sting popcorn to hang on your tree
Make your own ornaments
Adopt a family in need for the holiday
Eat candy canes
Make red velvet pancakes
Start a new tradition
Go to all the Christmas parties
Build a snowman
Open just one gift on Christmas Eve
Make a gingerbread house
Write a letter to Santa explaining how good you have been
Go sledding
Go to a Christmas market and drink mulled wine
Get family photos done
Make your own eggnog – spike it if you are feeling frisky
Leave cookies for Santa
Get friends together and go caroling
Donate to a toy drive
Watch classic Movies like Elf and Home Alone
Host a Secret Santa party
See the Northern Lights
Visit Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland
Make snowflakes out of construction paper and hang them
Go ice skating
Venture out for Black Friday shopping and score some deals
Wrap Christmas gifts
Camp out under the Christmas tree
Visit New York and see The Rockettes
Make a wreath for your door with stuff from the craft store
Get a picture with Santa at the mall
See the Nutcracker Ballet
Make a handmade gift for someone
Go to Church
Get matching pajamas for the whole family
Get the Christmas scents from Bath and Body Works
See a local production put on by a school or theater
Decorate your house for Christmas
Volunteer at a food bank
Buy Christmas mugs to drink from
Host a big dinner for friends or family
Make your own Christmas cards and send them out
Listen to Christmas music for the entire month
Drive through neighborhoods for Christmas light peeping
Kiss under the mistletoe
Go see reindeer
Do a large 500+ piece Christmas puzzle
Start planning your New Years resolutions
Hang up your stockings or make new ones
Buy yourself a fancy Christmas outfit
Make a delicious hot cocoa from scratch
Hang lights outside and decorate the yard
Have afternoon tea with Santa
Create your own snow globe
Take lots of pictures and make a scrapbook
Get cozy by the fire
Make Christmas cocktails
Wear sequins
Buy fun Christmas socks to wear
Read Christmas books
Watch A Christmas Story
Eat peppermint everything
See nativity scenes in your area
Have a snowball fight
Take a sleigh ride
Go see a tree lighting
Fill jars with holiday candy around the house
Do a Christmas scavenger hunt
Spend Christmas in a small Hallmark like town
Host a family game night
Plan a staycation and visit local attractions dressed up for the holiday
Decorate your table for Christmas dinner
Try a new holiday recipe
Splurge at Christmas markets in Europe
Write your own Christmas story or comic book
Make a Christmas themed breakfast
Get an advent calendar
Score some deals on Cyber Monday
Burn Christmasy candles in your home
Dress your animal up as an elf for a Christmas card
Run/walk a Christmas themed 5K and dress up
Make peppermint bark
Host an ugly Christmas sweater party
Send Christmas care packages
Roast chestnuts
Sing “Grandma got ran over by a reindeer”
Eat all the sugar and laugh until it hurts
Knit your own Christmas scarf
Attend a Christmas parade
Get a Christmas drink from Starbucks in their themed red cups
Start a tradition of getting a new ornament each year
Listen to the entire N’Sync Christmas Album .. on repeat
Make the bed with fun themed sheets
Make Pillsbury snowmen cookies
Take yourself on a wintery walk
Make sure to wear crushed velvet
Try local Christmas menus at your favorite restaurants
Did you find anything to add to your Christmas bucket list? There is endless possibilities for fun during the season!
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