Things To Do On Christmas Eve

Things To Do On Christmas Eve

Christmas day is simple, we wake up, open presents, spend the day with family and have a turkey dinner feast. Christmas eve, however, can be spent in several different ways. Some people like to be busy, some people like to just stay indoors, it is very individual and can be changed to how you want to do things. Here are some ideas on what you could do on Christmas Eve. (Image credit) Go For A Walk   As a lot of people spend Christmas day indoors, you may want to go for a family walk. You could go to your local woodland area and be close to nature, go around your local park or if you are quite an outdoors person you could go on…

5 Helpful Tips to Get Your Household in The Holiday Spirit This Festive Season

5 Helpful Tips to Get Your Household in The Holiday Spirit This Festive Season

The holidays are a time for family, friends, and lots of fun. But, unfortunately, it can also be a challenging time, especially if you’re trying to get your household in the holiday spirit. Between shopping for gifts, cooking dinner, and putting up decorations, it can be hard to know where to start. That’s why we’ve put together this list of 5 helpful tips to help make your holiday season a little bit easier! Photo by Jonathan Meyer:  Start with decorations: The best way to get in the holiday spirit is by decorating your home. You don’t have to go overboard – simple touches like a festive wreath on the front door, garland around the fireplace, and string lights around windows can make all the difference….

How to Customize and Use Your Wooden Tree Advent Calendar

How to Customize and Use Your Wooden Tree Advent Calendar

One tradition that our family uses, and that I can remember from my childhood, is an advent calendar. For me, there was really nothing like opening the window to get my chocolate as we counted down the days to Christmas. And even though I grew up in a secular household, now I am carrying on this tradition in more Christian ways with my youngest daughter. This year, we may just customize our wooden tree advent calendar. how to use a wooden countdown calendar for advent One of the ways that you can use this is by combining it with another tradition like using a Jesse tree during Advent. You can also tie this in with our kindness acts for kids by placing one of the…

Free Printable Holiday and Activity Calendar for December 2019

Free Printable Holiday and Activity Calendar for December 2019

I am what you might call a holiday junkie. Not the holiday in which you take a vacation, but learning about different holidays and celebrations. Christmas is my all time favorite holiday, so I also love to learn more about the various holidays and celebrations that take place at this time of the year. And with Squeaker starting to get into the holidays as well, this is also an ideal time to learn more about world culture. One way that we’re doing that this year is with my new printable holiday and activity calendar. My goal is to make a perpetual calendar so all we have to do is write in the year. It’s on my seemingly never-ending to-do list but a project that I…

Free Printable Christmas or Advent Countdown Calendars for Kids

Free Printable Christmas or Advent Countdown Calendars for Kids

Waiting is tough, isn’t it? And if you’re anything like my kids, you have a really hard time with waiting for things to happen.  If you’re anything like me, you have difficulty with measuring time.  So, when I was growing up? those tasty chocolate Advent calendars were one of my favorite things. I could see how many days were left until Christmas AND I got chocolate. Win-win, right? We love to celebrate holidays and Christmas is the overwhelming family favorite. Why use a Christmas Countdown Calendar? Well, simple enough really. You’re giving your child a tangible way to see how many days are left until Christmas.  And sure, you could do this in several ways. In fact? We do. You may also like: Printable Jesse…

How to Create a Reasonable Christmas Budget

How to Create a Reasonable Christmas Budget

While it may seem odd to start planning for Christmas in June, I feel that it’s really never too early to start planning. Maybe you do your Christmas shopping all year round or maybe you already set aside money each month for gifts. Whatever the case may be, it’s not too difficult to start planning for Christmas at anytime of the year. You could start by creating a Christmas budget for gifts and your budget could also include things like meals and decorations. Why you need a realistic and reasonable Christmas budget Whether you’re on a tight budget this year or you’re just trying to be more conservative with your spending, it’s smart to create a Christmas budget. Budgets put you in control of your…