New Year and Christmas are just around the corner. We offer you 20 holiday traditions that will unite the family and enhance the feeling of the holiday. Believe me, thanks to them your children will remember this winter with special trepidation.
Family traditions are a solid foundation that unites all family members. And if in your piggy bank of rituals only decorating a Christmas tree, buying gifts and setting the table, do not be discouraged. We have compiled a list of 20 interesting, good deeds that will add warmth and love to your New Year and Christmas holidays.
20 traditions that bring families together
1. Sure, you can buy an Advent calendar, but making it yourself is much nicer. Fill the numbered pouches with all sorts of niceties (candy, toys, sweets, etc.) and open them every day. For even more ideas on how to make an Advent calendar with your own hands, read here.
2. Buy a Christmas tree or snowman shaped baking dish. Make a cookie or cupcake for the whole family!
Cooking together - isn't it great? / istockphoto.com
3. Take pictures from year to year in one place or one position. Perhaps near a tree that grows in the yard. Don't forget to use New Year's paraphernalia.
4. Send your family card to your relatives and friends. Let it be a Christmas-themed photo of your family (point 3), signed by hand and sent by real mail.
5. Make the top of the tree with your own hands. Make it part of the annual ritual.
6. Plan a movie marathon. Make a list of Christmas movies and watch them right up until New Years.
Let good movies warm you on cold evenings / istockphoto.com
7. Write a letter to St. Nicholas or Santa Claus. Leave it in the coldest part of the house - the freezer.
8. Start building your Christmas collection. It could be buying a new tree toy every year, or a festively colored mug. Anything.
9. Visit street fairs with the whole family. But don't forget about protective equipment - gloves, masks.
10. Teach children to give. Let charity become your New Year and Christmas tradition. Toys, books, clothes - all this can be donated.
11. And, although the gingerbread house came to us from abroad, why not take this pleasant fun to your collection of traditions? You can bake the cakes yourself, or you can buy a ready-made set for creating gingerbread house.
12. Grilling in the snow - why not? Have a barbecue every January 1st, for example!
13. Record a funny video interview under the tree. What do you remember in the past year? What events have influenced you and the children?
14. Put together a bird feeder, or an easier option - prepare food for birds based on bacon and grains poured into a mold.
15. If there are small children in the house, then it is worth leaving a mark from the feet of Santa Claus. Scattered flour will help you with this.
16. Let the new book on Christmas Eve become your family's annual tradition.
17. Create a joint wish map for 2022. Let each family member write their dreams.
18. Learn Christmas carols. Make a Christmas star and surprise your friends with the family band.
19. Organize a holiday quest around the house, looking for gifts.
20. Write and hang on the tree good wishes, parting words for the New Year.
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