CHRISTMAS IDEAS  

             Put a Christmas message on your answering machine

              Bake cookies with your kids, or someone elses

             
             Help an elderly person decorate for the holiday
           Start a tradition
            Make your own personal Christmas cards
               Baby-sit for a friend so she can go Christmas shopping

               Sit in front of a roaring fire, listen to Christmas music 
              

               Drink hot chocolate and stir it with
                 a cinnamon or peppermint stick

             Build a snowman

             

            Be patient

                Have a cookie exchange party

          Watch Christmas cartoons with your kids,
                and re-capture those wonderful memories from your childhood!
  
               In a traffic jam? Sing Christmas Carols!

              
               Bake Christmas goodies and share them with your neighbors

              String some popcorn

               Invite a single person to spend the holidays with you

            Tack your first Christmas card of the season
             above your front door for good luck all year long
              
 
            Wear bells on your sneakers

        
           Go see your local Christmas parade
 
           Start an ornament collection for your kids
            to take with them when they grow up
 
           
              Wish everyone you see a Merry Christmas!
 
              If you are giving toys that need batteries, 
                include them in the package with the gift.
 
           Be courteous
 
            Buy a gift for a person less fortunate than you
                    

             Remember, calories don't count on Christmas Day!
 
             Use a Christmas cookie cutter for a package decoration
 
             Grab your loved one and cruise around town
               looking at Christmas lights while you 
            listen to Christmas music 

                

              Put an "open me first" gift under the tree for the kids, 
                 to keep them entertained till you get up. (a game perhaps?)

              Buy a live Christmas tree
             that you can plant after Christmas
                
 
              Have a snowball fight!
 
          Go caroling with your family
               
  
             Put shiny Christmas confetti in your 
             Christmas card envelopes 
             (kids love it!)
 
              Always say thank you for what you receive,
               no matter what it is!
 
             Read Christmas stories to your kids
             In a long line of traffic, let someone in
            Go sledding with your kids