Make Your Christmas Extra Special with 2023's Top Traditions

Go Ice Skating

There is no activity quite like ice skating to get you in the holiday mood.

Make Hot Chocolate

Skip the instant hot chocolate packets and make a decadent hot cocoa that is extra special for the holidays.

DIY Advent Calendar

Sure, you can buy an advent calendar based on your kids' favorite activities and watch with joy as they get a new goodie each day. But it's even more fun to make your own. .

Decorate the Tree With Special Ornaments

When it comes time to trim the tree, find a way to commemorate a milestone or memory from the past year.

Make Christmas Breakfast

Opening up all those presents sure whips up an appetite. If you can tear the kids away from their new toys for a minute, have everyone help out in the kitchen and make breakfast.

Take a Family Holiday Photo

True, we all walk around with cameras in our pockets and take more photos now than ever before — but how often do you really stop to make sure you get everyone in the same picture, all spiffed up and looking at the camera at the same time?

Send Christmas Cards or Letters

Your holiday cards just might be the only postal mail you send all year, so make sure they're a big to-do! You can DIY a card, send a funny greeting card or just pass along a note that says you're thinking of your friends and loved ones.

Celebrate Sinterklaas in Early December

Sinterklaas, also known as Saint Nicholas Day, is celebrated on December 5, when "Sint" traditionally leaves a small gift, sweet or poem in the shoes of Dutch children. Gifts are often elaborately disguised as other objects.

Choose a Fun Tree Topper

Sinterklaas, also known as Saint Nicholas Day, is celebrated on December 5, when "Sint" traditionally leaves a small gift, sweet or poem in the shoes of Dutch children. Gifts are often elaborately disguised as other objects.

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