Christmas Joys

Make Christmas Eve a Magical Day Your Family Will Never Forget With the Twelve Hours of Christmas
By Cathy Ramage

Create a magical Christmas Eve for your family by preparing the Twelve Hours of Christmas. It will inspire family togetherness and foster a feeling of the true Christmas Spirit in your home as you spend time together having lots of fun! You can adapt this activity for young or old. It will help you pass the time until Santa arrives!

Come up with 12 activities that take less than an hour to complete. These activities can include putting a holiday puzzle together, a treasure hunt, a Christmas Bingo game (which if you or one of your children are computer savy, you can make fairly easily), Christmas Charades game, enjoy a special snack together, etc…

You will need a bell to ring which will signal time for everyone to gather for the next activity. You ring the bell on the hour. Designate a room to meet in and then introduce the activity. If you like, start with a fun breakfast for Christmas Eve. A special lunch can be one of the hours as well. You could have the day’s activities culminate with a visit from St. Nick himself and a family party with Grandpa and Grandma invited along with cousins, aunts and uncles. (This might take more than an hour but it could count as a couple of activities if you like.)

Plan and prepare all of this before Christmas Eve. If you want, you can put each child in charge of one of the activities. Really make it something special. With a little time and a lot of thought you can create a Christmas Eve that your whole family will enjoy. Make this a new tradition and don’t be surprised if your family wants to continue the fun next year!

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