I have been working on making a Christmas bucket list and have been writing just any idea that I see or think of, so I decided to share it here for those who are creating their own.
I would LOVE to hear anything that you might add, so please leave a comment with things you’ve added to yours!
I have an editable Christmas Bucket List template for Canva in my Etsy shop that includes some of these, but since it’s editable, you can customize it all you like! You can find that here.
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Attend a church Christmas event
Attend a local holiday market
Attend or throw a Christmas party
Attend your local community Christmas festivities (tree lighting)
Bake a new treat
Bake Christmas cookies
Bring cookies to the neighbors
Build a snowman
Buy a holiday drink
Buy a poinsettia
Buy Christmas tree snack cakes
Buy holiday stickers and use them lavishly
Buy new keepsake ornaments for each family member
Buy or make a snow globe
Color a Christmas picture
Coordinate all your wrapping paper and artfully arrange the gifts
Create a Christmas diorama
Decorate a Christmas card
Decorate a dollhouse for Christmas
Decorate a gingerbread house
Decorate the door/entry
Decorate the inside
Decorate the mantle or a shelf
Decorate the outside
Decorate with stacks of books in Christmas colors
Diffuse a Christmas scent
Do a festive manicure
Do a North Pole breakfast
Do something that delighted you as a child
Donate a toy to a toy drive
Download a Christmas album by a favorite artist
Drape old -fashioned tinsel icicles on your tree
Dress up like Santa and surprise people
Drink hot cider with a cinnamon stick
Drink hot cocoa
Eat candy canes
Eat peppermint stick ice cream
Feed a reindeer
Feed the birds
Find a new Christmas song
Find a person in another state or country and send a postcard (use a Christmas stamp!)
Find the perfect fresh tree
Fold Christmas origami
Gather all your Christmas books and put them in a basket
Get a cinnamon broom to scent your house
Give a gift to someone who isn’t expecting one
Go caroling
Go Christmas shopping
Go for a Christmas train ride
Go for a winter hike
Go ice skating
Go on a sleigh or carriage ride
Go see a Christmas movie at a theater
Go sledding
Go to a Christmas Eve candlelight service
Go to a holiday play or concert
Hang ornaments
Hang snowflakes or decorations in the windows
Hang stockings
Hang twinkle lights somewhere unexpected
Have a Christmas karaoke night
Have a cookie exchange
Have a holiday movie marathon
Have a hot cocoa bar
Have a snowball fight
Kiss under the mistletoe
Learn a new Christmas carol
Leave carrots for the reindeer
Leave cookies for Santa
Letter a holiday chalkboard
Light a Christmas candle
List nice toys and clothes for free on Craigslist or Marketplace
Listen to A Christmas Carol dramatization
Listen to Christmas music
Look at Christmas lights
Make a Christmas playlist
Make a holiday paper chain
Make a homemade gift
Make a mason jar craft
Make a shelf into a tiny holiday scene
Make a snow angel
Make a snow fort
Make a tree out of an unusual material (like green books) and wrap in lights
Make an indoor fort and put Christmas lights inside
Make an ornament or craft
Make decorations or gifts out of recycled materials
Make fudge
Make gingerbread men and decorate
Make matching flannel pajama bottoms
Make or buy eggnog
Make or hang a wreath
Make paper snowflakes
Make peppermint scrub
Make popcorn balls or a special popcorn recipe
Make saltine toffee or monkey bread or other traditional treat
Make snow angels
Make snow ice cream
Pack an Operation Christmas Child Shoebox (before Thanksgiving!)
Paint a festive scene
Participate in a secret gift exchange
Pin a vintage or new Christmas pin on your coat
Play a Christmas game
Play board games
Play in the snow
Print Christmas photos from past years and put them out
Put a train under the tree (even if it’s just outgrown Thomas)
Put bottle brush trees or other tiny decor on bookshelves
Put holiday soap and lotion in the bathroom
Put money in the Salvation Army bucket
Put on your own nativity
Put out an advent calendar
Put together a puzzle
Put up a tree
Put welcome lamps in windows
Random acts of kindness
Read a Christmas story
Read or recite Twas the Night Before Christmas
Read the Christmas story from the Bible (Luke 2)
Scrapbook Christmas memories
Send a card or treats to a soldier
Send Christmas cards
Set up a holiday village
Set up a nativity
Shock an older relative by giving them a phone call
Shovel the sidewalk for a neighbor
Simmer orange peels, cloves, and cinnamon sticks
Slide down the bannister
Snuggle up by the fireplace (videos count!)
String popcorn and cranberries
Take a camera and go for a photo walk
Take a family photo
Take a family selfie in front of the tree
Take a peppermint bath
Take a photo with Santa or an elf
Take a road trip
Take a walk in the frost
Take the family shopping at Dollar Tree and “sneak” buy one gift for each family member
Thrift a Christmas sweater
Track Santa on the NORAD website
Visit a community light show
Visit a decorated walk (maybe a zoo or garden)
Visit a live nativity
Visit a nursing home and bring gifts or sing carols or make crafts with residents
Visit a tree farm
Visit Santa
Volunteer at a food pantry or shelter
Walk down a decorated downtown street
Watch a holiday parade
Watch Elf/Home Alone/White Christmas/Miracle on 34th Street/It’s a Wonderful Life/A Christmas Story/The Grinch
Watch the Nutcracker ballet
Wear a Santa or Elf hat
Wear Christmas pajamas
Wear Christmas socks
Wear holiday earrings
Wear plaid
Window shop! Admire the displays
Wrap 25 Christmas picture books and unwrap and read one per day
Wrap gifts
Write a letter to a child you sponsor
Write a letter to Santa
Write memories down in a book
Write New Year goals
