
LDS Living has made this list of 25 activities to do with friends and family this December that are a little different than the typical Christmas countdown to-dos. We've come up with 25 meaningful, memorable activities that will make this holiday season your favorite. Click on the links to get all the details for each day.

Day 1: Start the Elf on the Shelf Tradition

Day 2: Have a Sunday Advent Devotional: Hope

Day 3: Cut Down Your Own Christmas Tree

Day 4: Have a Christmas Movie Marathon

Day 5: Play Name That Christmas Tune

Day 6: Eat Breakfast for Dinner in Your Pajamas

Day 7: Perform a Random Act of Kindness

Day 8: Host a Hot Cocoa and S'mores Party

Day 9: Have a Sunday Advent Devotional: Love

Day 10: Read Feel-Good Christmas Books

Day 11: Take a Silly Family Christmas Photo

Day 12: Make a Traditional Bethlehem Meal

Day 13: Make a Christmas Craft


Day 15: Bake Christmas Cookies

Day 16: Have a Sunday Advent Devotional: Joy

Day 17: Donate Old Clothes and Toys

Day 18: Have a Gingerbread House Decorating Contest

Day 19: Plan a Christmas Outing

Day 20: Have a Snowball Fight-–No Matter the Weather

Day 21: Have a Candlelit Dinner on the Shortest Day of the Year

Day 22: Go on a Christmas Lights Drive

Day 23: Have a Sunday Advent Devotional: Peace

Day 24: Act Out the Nativity Story
