Christmas is a magical time where you can make lasting memories with family and friends. It’s a festival of reunion and these following fun Christmas activities for families will help you turn every day of holiday into a cheerful memory.
Here are the top 10 free Christmas activities that you can do during Christmas holidays. Add each of them to your list this holiday season.
1.Decorate Christmas Tree
2.Watch Movies with Family
3.Take Christmas Photos
4.Write Letters to Santa
5.Make Sugar Cookies
6.Listen to Christmas Songs
7.Decorate A Gingerbread House
8.Go Ice Skating with Family
9.Build A Snowman
10.Drink Hot Chocolate and See Christmas Lights
1.Decorate Christmas Tree
Tap into your kids creative side by giving them an opportunity to make their own Christmas ornaments each year. Buy some inexpensive ornaments and decorate a special Christmas tree. You can also decorate this tree with your kids and record this cozy family time with DV to make a family video.
2.Watch Movies with Family
Do your children have any favorite Christmas movie? If not, you should search for a funny Christmas movie to watch it with your family. This might be the year to start a tradition of watching the same holiday movie every December. With so many online streaming and rental services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and iMovie, you won’t even have to leave the comforts of your home to rent or buy a movie!
If you have any movie that is saved on your iPhone or iPad while its screen is too small to share with your family, you can mirror your iPhone/iPad screen to your mac with Filmage Screen Recorder. Not only can you mirror videos or movies, but also photos or any other files you want. Watch a video on YouTube to know how to mirror your iPhone to Mac!
3.Take Christmas Photos
Wearing a Santa suit to cosplay Santa and taking a photo under the Christmas tree can be really memorable. No matter how old you are, taking pictures can always record your growth. You can try to take a Christmas photo every year, after many years, put them together, you will get a different touch and surprise!
4.Write Letters to Santa
How does Santa look like behind his thick beard? How does Santa get around the whole world in one night? How do Santa’s elves make enough toys for four billion kids? A kid might have a lot of questions about Santa. Why can’t they write a letter directly to Santa? On Christmas holidays, you can prepare a pencil and a paper for your kids and make them write down their questions to Santa.
5.Make Sugar Cookies
Depending on how old your child is, they may be able to help you make the cookie batter. Let them decide if they want to add in chocolate chips, coconut, cinnamon, and even food coloring. Pick out some holiday-themed cookie cutters and let your child play pastry chef. If you have any leftover candy from the gingerbread house decorating, be sure to add them to the sugar cookies.
6.Listen to Christmas Songs
This at-home Christmas activity is really quiet. Whether you tune in to a holiday-specific radio station or find a holiday-themed channel on an internet-streaming service, you can rest assured knowing there are plenty of options for Christmas songs around the clock. If you play a musical instrument like piano, you could learn a few Christmas songs and sing along as you play for your children.
7.Decorate A Gingerbread House
As you walk through the store you’re bound to see the gingerbread house which is really expensive. Instead of taking purchase from an expensive store, buy your own supplies and make your own gingerbread houses! You can teach your children how to make this gingerbread house on their own. And then have this special dessert altogether.
8.Go Ice Skating with Family
Sports take an important place in most families. On Christmas holidays, we eat and sit to watch movies or play computer games. We got happiness but at the same time, fat is waiting for us. So go outside (Be careful not to go to crowded places) and go ice skating with your family on Christmas! Keeping a healthy lifestyle is also important for a family.
9.Build A Snowman
Building a snowman is one of the most classic and fun Christmas activities to make a part of your family traditions. If you have snow on the ground, this might be a fun activity to get the kids involved in. Arm them with some carrots, charcoal, twigs, and clothing like hats, scarves, and mittens and see what their creative minds come up with. Besides building a snowman, you can also take a snowball fight by throwing snow at others to play in the snow world.
10.Drink Hot Chocolate and See Christmas Lights
You can’t go wrong with a cup of hot chocolate and a trip around the neighborhood to check out Christmas lights. Whether you decide to take a walk or bundle up in the car in your pajamas, you’re sure to get in the holiday spirit. Make it even better by playing Christmas music while you drive around!
