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Act out the Christmas, Nativity or other holiday story - make costumes, practice speaking & singing parts
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Adopt a needy family and give presents and food items
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Arrange a kids craft for the children on your street, cousins, or friends
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Ask your zoo or botanical gardens if they put up lights for the holidays
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Attend a Christmas concert at your local school, Church or community center
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Be a secret santa for families
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Be happy, smile, hug your family, hug children, talk & visit
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Bring goodies to the neighbors
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Build a snowman
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Caroling
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Check out a local high school holiday musical concert
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Check out a new restaurant
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Check out community or government buildings that are decorated for the holidays
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Check out holiday events in our community
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Check out your local opera, orchestra, theater, ballet or dinner theater for holiday performances
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Crafts - check out the thousands of holiday craft ideas online
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Create your own ornaments
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Create memories
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Cut down fresh tree
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Cut out snowflakes from paper
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Dance
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Decorate gingerbread house (easy tip: buy kits that include everything you need)
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Decorate pictures frames
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Decorate sugar cookie
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Decorate the tree
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Drink hot chocolate & cuddle up at home
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Drive around to see the holiday lights
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Enjoy each holiday card you receive – read as a family, talk about that person, hang up cards
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Find a crèche or nativity scene exhibit to visit
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Find a reindeer that you can visit
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Find an ice sculpting exhibit
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Go downtown, check out the lights and shops
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Go for a drive - check out lights, the mountains, snow
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Go ice skating
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Go on a holiday home tour in your community, see how your neighbors decorate
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Go on a walk
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Go on a road trip
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Go shopping as a family
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Go sledding
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Go to a dollar store and give each family member $5 to spend, see who can find the best deals!
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Go to the movies
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Go to the new years eve fireworks
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Hang lights
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Have a chocolate fountain party
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Have a family portrait taken
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Host a holiday music recital for adults and children in your family, neighborhood or Church
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Host a neighborhood party
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Invite people to your house for a party or cookies
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Learn about holiday traditions from your ancestors and incorporate into your celebrations
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Learn more about Hanukkah holiday
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Learn more about the Chanukah holiday
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Learn more about the Christmas holiday
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Learn more about the Kwanzaa holiday
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Learn to say Merry Christmas in many different languages
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Look at photos of holidays past
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Look for lighted displays to visit in your community
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Make a countdown calendar
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Make a manger
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Make a special ornament for each member of the family
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Make a sugar cube igloo
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Make dinner as a family
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Make fudge or other holiday candy as a family
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Make greeting cards
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Make handmade gift tags
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Make holiday paper chains
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Make homemade gift wrap
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Make homemade gifts for other family members
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Make homemade ornaments
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Make phone calls to friends and family members to say hello
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Make s’mores on your stove or in the microwave
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Make snow angels
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Meet the neighbors you don’t already know
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Ornament exchange with friends or relatives
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Plan a gift exchange
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Plan a New Years Eve Party
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Play board games a family
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Put on a 12 days of Christmas for a family
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Read about holiday traditions, other than your own
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Read holiday books
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Read scriptures
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Read stories, look at photos and talk about your ancestors and family members
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Record new family holiday videos
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Scrapbook holiday events
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See a Christmas or other holiday play
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See if there is a parade of lights nearby
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Serve - find ways to serve - see if any neighbors need help putting up lights or their tree, shovel their walk
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Set goals for the New Year
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Sing Christmas carols
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Start your own traditions
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String popcorn for the tree
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Take photos
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Take the family to the Nutcracker ballet performance
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Teach younger family members how to cook, and cook holiday meal together
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Try new recipes
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Visit elderly friends, family or a nursing home
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Visit Santa Claus at the mall, Church or other location
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Visit with each other
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Visit your zoo or museum
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Volunteer as a family at a soup kitchen or other local charity
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Watch old family holiday videos
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Watch old holiday movies
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Wrap presents
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Write a family holiday letter to send to friends and family
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Write a holiday poem
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Write letters to military
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Write thank you notes for gifts received
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Write up your own holiday traditions and memories
