The Christmas List
In no particular order, thirty Christmas experiences that I believe every person should have at least once.
- See The Messiah live.
- Participate in a live nativity.
- Get your picture taken with Santa Claus as an adult.
- Read the Christmas story as a family.
- Go to a multi-hundred-voice, over-produced spectacular Christmas production at your local Baptist mega-church.
- Participate in a multi-hundred-voice, over-produced spectacular Christmas production at your local Baptist mega-church.
- Attend a carols by candlelight service.
- Make a pilgrimage to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
- Leave out cookies for Santa Claus.
- Eat the cookies left for Santa Claus.
- Go Christmas caroling in your neighborhood or at the nursing home.
- Wear a really ugly Christmas sweater.
- Listen to someone yodel through Silent Night (I witnessed this at a Lutheran church in Oregon last Christmas...I am not kidding you! I saw "yodeler" listed in the program and started laughing. I was not disappointed).
- See Polar Express in IMAX 3D.
- Watch A Christmas Story 5 times back-to-back on TBS.
- String popcorn, cheerios, fruit loops, etc. Eat more than you string.
- Make a gingerbread house.
- Pack a shoebox for Samaritans Purse Christmas child.
- Send a letter to Santa.
- Watch A Charlie Brown Christmas (this one should happen every Christmas)
- Cut down your own tree after at least 2 hours of deliberation. Preferably a Charlie Brown tree.
- Give a gift to your post officer and trash collector.
- Go shopping on Christmas Eve.
- Finish your Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving.
- Give the gift of time to someone who really needs it.
- Kiss someone under the mistletoe.
- Fry the turkey.
- Play football with your family after eating the fried turkey.
- Decorate your house with something really outrageous and embarrassing.
- Read a bunch of children's Christmas books with friends.
posted by Heather Z @ 2:06 PM
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I just saw Charlie Brown last night! I would recommend going to see The Nutcracker!
I would recommend Keyboards at Christmas. How about it, Shannon!?
Heather, regarding # 29, what suggestions can you make. Dad and I will do our best to fulfill your wishes!!!
mom - it may not be outrageous, but all those pictures of Heather and me with santa through the years you display front and center every year are pretty embarrassing!! :o)
Thanks for reminding me, Laura. I need to find those pictures of you and your sister with Santa. Ruthie will appreciate them one day! The only Christmas decoration I have out at this moment is my Christmas cactus, and it is blooming beautifully!
where are the snow men? and i think personally, Christmas caroling specifically at a nursing home or to the homes of shut-ins was always a favorite of ours. Also- at very least in our good reformed church, there was an advent wreath making night as well as a wreath lighting service where the entire service was done by candle light. Way cool.
Snow? What's that? I'm from Mobile, remember?!
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