Hillhouse Holiday
There is no place like home for the holidays but do you now have to entertain family?
What happens when you are out of things to do? Hillhouse Properties has just the list for you. Here are 95 family fun adventures to enjoy during your Christmas break.
Attend a Christmas Parade
Go ice skating
Make homemade Christmas tree decorations
Make hot chocolate bombs
Tell stories of your most memorable Christmas
Enjoy a good book by the fire
Go to a winter festival
Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas
Try to find the Elf on the Shelf
Play Monopoly
Play cards or start a family fight with UNO!
Color – yes like in a coloring book and crayons
Choose a tree from a Christmas tree farm
Bake sugar cookies from scratch
Buy sugar cookies from the store and decorate them
Decorate and send out New Year’s cards
Add some “nog” to the egg nog 😎
Attend the Nutcracker ballet
Pretend to be in the Nutcracker
Wrap presents
Make your own wrapping paper with brown paper bags and paint
Handwrite a note to your loved one recapping the year
Set up a scavenger hunt at a local market
Leave a gift for a neighbor
Leave a gift basket filled with snacks for anyone making deliveries to grab a treat
Host a cookie swap
Volunteer at a shelter or toy drive
Clean out a closet and take a box of clothes to the Salvation Army
Make reindeer food and cookies for Santa
Write your own Christmas carol for the family
Make snowflakes from construction paper
Enjoy a Home Alone movie marathon
Decorate the Christmas tree
Enjoy a candle lit bubble bath
Make Christmas tree pancakes
Decorate pancakes with icing and food coloring
Take a walk around your neighborhood to enjoy the Christmas decorations
Try to find your childhood school teacher and write them a thank you letter
Dress your family pet up for the holidays
Build a snowman out of air dry clay
Take Christmas pictures in matching pajamas
Mail a letter to Santa
Go Christmas Caroling
Attend a tree lighting ceremony
Pop popcorn and roast marshmallows over a fire
Volunteer at a local shelter
Make a wreath for your front door
Hang stockings
Attend a Christmas eve church service
Sing Christmas carols — it’s ok if you’re off key
Read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Build a gingerbread house
Go thrift shopping for an ugly Christmas sweaters
Send holiday cards to the military and thank them for their service
Go to the movies
Surprise your neighbors with cookies
Make Christmas crafts
Write a letter to Santa
Track Santa via NORAD
Host a game night and gift exchange
Drive the neighborhood and look at Christmas lights
Decorate a window in your home
Make a Christmas tree out of everyday objects
Plan your spring garden
Go sledding, snow skiing or hiking
Drop off food at a food bank
Host an ugly sweater contest
Put a puzzle together
Clean out a drawer in the kitchen
Put a train together under the tree
Personalize everyone’s stockings
Create a hot chocolate buffet
Make an amazing charcuterie board
Create an advent calendar
Make a Christmas eve box
Host a craft or paint
Organize a toy drive
Have a Christmas brunch
Make fake snow
Tell childhood Christmas stories about your favorite toy
Make a festive Christmas bunch
Create festive aromas – hot apple cider with cinnamon or an orange pomander
Create festive drinks – alcoholic or non-alcoholic
Discover some fun Christmas apps
Make pine cone decorations for the home
Make peanut butter and bird seed pine cones for the birds
Hang some mistletoe and steal a kiss
Get the kids to help address or sign the holiday cards
Bake simple pie recipes to warm the house
Get a mini Christmas tree for the kids to decorate their own
Learn how to tie fancy Christmas bows
Look at old photo albums in your phone
Arrange old photos in your phone
Make play dough
Make cute Santa strawberries
Comment your holiday traditions and tips your family enjoys.
