Christmas Bucket List
Get into the Christmas spirit by creating your own Christmas bucket list this year!
These fun Christmas ideas will help you make the most out of the holiday season.
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The Ultimate Holiday Bucket List
Christmas is, as the song goes, the most wonderful time of the year!
If you’re anything like me, you like to make the most out of the holiday season and enjoy every moment.
This is why I am 100% one of those people who starts listening to Christmas music and decorating for Christmas in early November!
I like to enjoy the Christmas season as long as I can.
By creating a Christmas bucket list, you can get into the festive holiday spirit and make plenty of memories around Christmastime.
Many of the ideas on this list are easy to do at home and don’t cost a lot of money, so you can make the most out of the season without breaking the bank.
These are also all ideas specifically related to Christmas. For the best ideas of more general winter activities and things to do, be sure to read my list of 70+ winter bucket list ideas.
Festive Christmas Things to Do
Ready for the Christmas bucket list ideas? I’ve got you covered!
Here are 90+ festive Christmas ideas to help you celebrate the season.
Attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony
Go to a Christmas tree farm
Get your picture made with Santa Claus
Buy the ugliest Christmas sweater you can find
Go to a local Christmas festival
Buy Christmas gifts for children in need
Bake and decorate homemade Christmas cookies
Attend The Nutcracker ballet
Participate in or host an ugly sweater contest!
Make a DIY Christmas ornament
Decorate a gingerbread house
Go all out decorating for Christmas
Cut down your own Christmas tree
Drive around looking at holiday lights and listening to Christmas music
Make the ultimate Christmas tunes playlist
Decorate your office or workspace for Christmas
Make paper snowflakes
Go to New York at Christmas
Leave cookies and milk out for Santa Claus
Make a homemade gift for someone
Host a Secret Santa party
Read A Christmas Carol or see it performed live
Decorate your Christmas tree with a specific theme
Light a Christmas-scented candle
Make a DIY Christmas wreath
Visit the Christmas markets of Europe
Make your own popcorn and cranberry garland
Send hand-written Christmas cards to everyone you know
Mail a letter to Santa
Volunteer at a soup kitchen around Christmas
Hang stockings on the fireplace
Participate in or host a white elephant gift exchange
Grab some friends and go Christmas caroling
Attend a midnight Christmas Eve church service
Use candy canes as stirrers for hot chocolate!
Start a new Christmas tradition
Host the ultimate Christmas party
Make yummy edible “reindeer mix”
Get matching Christmas pajamas with friends/partner/family and take photos
Visit the Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland
See the Radio City Rockettes in New York
Go ice skating
Make a Christmas snowglobe or other Christmas craft
Donate your old winter clothing to those in need
Spend an evening wrapping presents by the fire with Christmas music
Get an advent calendar
Dress up like Santa and participate in SantaCon!
Buy the coziest Christmas socks you can find
Host a cookie swap with friends
Make homemade peppermint bark
Go to Disney World for Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party
Make your own mulled wine at home
Kiss someone under the mistletoe
Read the poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Attend a live nativity
Make red velvet pancakes
Learn about Christmas traditions in other countries
Do a Christmas puzzle at home by the fire
Make your own gingerbread house from scratch
Hang Christmas lights in your bedroom
Take a sleigh ride
Try eggnog and fruitcake
Make Christmas cocktails
Send Christmas care packages
Learn how to knit and make a Christmas scarf
Attend a choir or orchestra Christmas concert
Participate in a Christmas-themed 5k or other run and dress up!
Make a countdown until Christmas
Spend at least 24 hours without any technology or social media
Have a Christmas movie marathon with popcorn and hot cocoa
Dress up fancy for a Christmas party or event
Celebrate a Christmas tradition from another country
Host a big Christmas dinner
Make a yule log cake
Do a random act of kindness
Get competitive and enter a holiday lights contest
Make a cross-stitch Christmas ornament
Buy poinsettia or other holiday flowers to brighten up your home
Get cozy by the fireplace and listen to Christmas music
Decorate a tabletop Christmas tree
Make a collection of all your Christmas cards
Have a sleepover underneath the Christmas tree
Try different flavors of hot cocoa
Buy discounted candy the day after Christmas!
Go for a walk in the snow
Turn off all the lights except your Christmas tree and candles
Go sledding
Make Christmas treats for your mailman, grocery store clerk, etc.
Send Christmas cards to soldiers
Decorate a snowman as Santa Claus
Read the Christmas story by the fire on Christmas Eve
Making Your Christmas Bucket List
I hope these Christmas bucket list ideas gave you some inspiration this holiday season!
Remember, at the end of the day, the Christmas season is not about getting stressed and trying to do everything.
Between shopping for Christmas gifts, sending Christmas cards, attending Christmas parties, decorating for Christmas, and so on, it can be hard to find the time to sit back, rest, reflect, and just enjoy the holiday.
But that’s really what it’s all about!
So I encourage you to only choose items for your Christmas bucket list that are really meaningful for you, and don’t worry about doing it all.
Instead, just enjoy spending time with family, friends, and alone, and doing things that feel the most significant for you to make the most out of the Christmas season.
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