Inexpensive Things to do during Christmastime:
Listen to Christmas music (get music CD's from the library) Read the Night Before Christmas Read Christmas story in the Bible Turn off all lights except the Christmas lights and listen to "Silent Night" Attend Candlelight Service at church Watch Christmas movie on video Go for an evening walk, look for the "Star of Bethlehem" and make a wish Play Christmas board games Go Christmas Caroling Make a Christmas scrapbook If you have snow: make a snowman and snow angels, have a snowball fight Make paperbag, sand, and votive candle luminarias Bake simple cut out cookies using dairy case cookie dough, cookie cutters and canned frosting Make orange and whole clove pomander balls Put a Christmas greeting on the answering machine Work on a Christmas jigsaw puzzle Make homemade candy (molded, fudge, divinity, peanut brittle) Visit a live nativity scene Attend a church service or program that you don't normally go to Go to a Christmas movie matinee (such as the "The Santa Clause 2" for this year) Go ice skating Drive around and look at Christmas lights Go to a stage performance of Dickens's Christmas Carol Watch family videos, look at slides and look through photo albums of past Christmases Have an "M&M" Night; Mall (look at decorations), Movie (Christmas movie at a Theater), and Munchies (Home for Ice Cream Sundaes) Attend a performance of the Nutcracker Ballet Attend a performance of the Messiah Participate in a Messiah Sing Decorate the trees outside for the birds with strings of popcorn and cranberries, little orange baskets, and pinecones with peanut butter and bird seeds Read aloud Christmas stories and poems Make mulled cider Have a taffy pull Have the kids put together a Christmas concert; kid's instruments, homemade instruments Have a candlelight dinner Have a family fondue fireside supper Go on a sleigh ride Visit Santa Claus and get a family picture taken Trace your family history and talk about how Christmas was different for each generation Take a family portrait by the Christmas tree or outside in the snow Delma -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
