Christmas: Fun To-Do’s, Cheap(er) Gifts, and More!
By DatingSOS Editor • Dec 2nd, 2008 • Category: Christmas, Lead Story
Christmas has different meanings to different people. Some celebrate it from a spiritual perspective, others see it as an excuse to spend time with family and indulge in food, wine, and gifts.
Whatever your approach, here are the top ways to celebrate the holidays:
Stuff to do on your own around Christmas:
- Volunteer at a local soup kitchen
- Go see a play, concert, or ballet
- Rent movies
- Put together a ’singles Christmas party’
- Take your nieces and nephews ice skating (or to the beach if you’re lucky!)
- Do some Christmas decorating
Activities for One, Two, or Many!
Whether you’re on your own, spending time with a significant other, kids or extended family… here are some great activities to keep you busy.
- Make your own Christmas ornaments
- Make your own Christmas Cards, here is a nice idea
- Make a cool looking Christmas Wreath, for less traditional DIY wraths, use stuff around your house. Here is a geeky “PC Junk Christmas Wreath”
- Here’s where you need help, but worth the effort: set up musically controlled and synced Christmas lights.
- Dig out last year’s Christmas cards, and do something creative with them.
- Make your own Christmas gifts
Holiday Fun with Kids
If you have kids, keep them busy with some fun Christmas themed activities
- Make magic reindeer food
- Track Santa with NORAD
- Bake Christmas cookies
- Go ice skating
- Sing Christmas carols, if you have a piano and a fireplace it is an even more perfect ‘Christmas-y’ event
If you’re still at a loss for what to do, look at this list of 150 ways to save money and have some fun during the Holidays.
DatingSOS Editor has been a freelance writer for over five years, and published more than 100 articles in a variety of publications. She is always on the look-out for new ways of keeping a date busy and enjoys her hectic love-and-work schedule
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