Christmas Bucket List Update #1

December is in full swing! Let’s see how we’ve done so far this month.

Completed 6/28

1. Go see Santa!

2. Got to Fantasy of Lights at Franke Park

3. Watch Christmas Movies

   1. Elf
   2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
   3. Charlie Brown Christmas
   4. The Polar Express
   5. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
   6. Christmas Vacation
   7. Love Actually
   8. A Christmas Story
   9. Holiday Inn
   10. White Christmas
   11. Christmas in the Smokies ✓
   12. Christmas Crush/Holiday High School Reunion ✓
   13. A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale ✓
   14. A Christmas Crush ✓
   15. My Santa ✓
   16. Christmas in the City ✓
   17. Merry Kissmas ✓
   18. Naughty & Nice ✓
   19. How Sarah Got Her Wings ✓

4. Make Christmas Cookies

5. Ride the Christmas train (New Haven)

6. Visit Oakland Zoo lights

7. Go ice skating

8. Make Christmas cocktails

9. Send Christmas cards — Over 50 already sent out. Just need to finish the last 30 or so.

10. Make peppermint bark

11. Load computer/phone with Christmas music

12. Make a Christmas craft

13. Check out and read 25 Christmas books

    1. Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
    2. Jingle-Jingle by Nicola Smee
    3. What Santa Can’t Do by Douglas Wood
    4. A New Improved Santa by Patricia Rae Wolff
    5. How Many Sleeps ‘til Christmas? by Mark Sperring

14. Make Christmas ornaments

15. Make paper snowflakes

16. Write a letter to Santa

17. Decorate a gingerbread house

18. Host/attend Christmas cookie exchange — I made my Ginger Molasses Cookies and in return we got Cardamon Shortbread, Iced Sugar Cookies, and Stem Ginger Cookies. Oh so good!

19. Read a Christmas-themed book (or two)

20. Participate in Secret Santa — Arthur and Quentin had their Secret Snowflake exchange through the parent group. And I sent off my book-related Secret Santa gift. Hopefully mine will be waiting in Indiana when I get there.

21. Find a new Christmas album — Done! I found two actually: Leslie Odom Jr.’s Simply Christmas and Lindsey Stirling’s Warmer in the Winter. Both have been on repeat.

22. Make Hot Chocolate

23. Drive around to see the Christmas lights

24. Make Christmas albums

25. Make a snowglobe

26. Have a Christmas dance party

27. Call Santa

28. Have a candy cane hunt

Next up on the TBR pile: