December Family Fun Calendar
Family Time
1 Family Game night! Play Christmas Bingo with candy place markers!
2 Buy a Christmas tree! Listen to Christmas music and decorate!
3 Cookie time! Make cookies to give.
4 Deliver cookies and good cheer!
Volunteer to serve or donate goods/ food in your community
5 Make or Buy a Christmas wreath and decorate it!
Try a hearty soup or stew recipe with quick dinner rolls for dinner tonight!
6 Christmas Pictures! (Matching outfits not required!)
7 Christmas Shopping with the kids! Stop to see Santa!
Don’t forget Operation Christmas Child and Angel Tree
8 Family Game night! Pop popcorn, kettle corn or make caramel corn and build a puzzle together
9 Christmas Shopping without the kids! Get a sitter and make it a date night!
10 Go for a carriage or sleigh ride and sing Jingle Bells!
Cut out paper snowflakes and hang them in your house!
11 Roast marshmallows for s’mores and tell or read stories by the fire
12 Make personalized Christmas ornaments to keep or give
13 Make or fill in Christmas Cards! Don’t forget to buy stamps and mail those cards!
14 Read or watch A Christmas Carol
Donate coats and goods in your community
15 Family Game night!
Try Trivial Pursuit with big kids or Eye Spy with littles
16 Deadline to Mail Packages! Host a Christmas Party!
17 Read or watch The Polar Express with cookies and hot cocoa
18 Listen to Christmas music and Wrap Christmas gifts
19 Make crafty, kitchen or food gifts.
Be sure to deliver food gifts ASAP!
20 Watch White Christmas and other classic holiday films
21 First Day of Winter!
Make a gingerbread house
22 Family Game Night!
Try Christmas themed charades or Pictionary
23 Bake cookies for Santa and goodies for Christmas Dinner
24 Christmas Eve
Read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and hang your stockings!
25 Christmas Day!
Enjoy celebrating with family and friends!
26 Invite family for a leftovers potluck
27 Volunteer to serve at a soup kitchen or other organization
28 Make a keepsake box for your Christmas Cards, letters, and photos
29 Family Game Night!
Scrabble or UpWords!
30 Help the kids host a holiday party for their friends
31 New Year’s Eve Celebration! Sparklers and noisemakers at 12!
Note: No need to do everything on this list! Pick and choose what brings your family joy!
Color Key:
Craft, Activity, Cook/Bake, Game, Serve
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