Merry Christmas 2020! Even though this Christmas is very different from our usual celebrations, we can still find joy to make our quarantine Christmas a special one.
Here are 10 ideas.
1 – open one Christmas Eve gift.
2 – wear Christmas pajamas, grab a favorite Christmas beverage, pile in the car and drive around, listening to Christmas music and looking at neighborhood decorations.
3 – bake Christmas cookies! Some suggestions: dipped Oreo cookies, almond snowball cookies, snickerdoodles, or these delicious sugar cookies.
4 – speaking of sugar cookies, just bake a batch of them and set out decorating supplies. Let everyone in your family decorate cookies to their own satisfaction!
5 – prepare a special breakfast for Christmas morning, like this sausage-hash brown breakfast casserole, cinnamon baked French toast casserole, or overnight cinnamon rolls.
6 – have a family game night. Fun suggestions: Pandemic, classic Monopoly, Clue, Catan, Ticket to Ride, I Should Have Known That!, and Trivial Pursuit.
7 – watch a favorite holiday movie!
8 – have a Zoom or FaceTime family gathering.
9 – sing Christmas carols or other favorite Christmas songs.
10 – if attending church is not an option for you this year but you still want to add a spiritual dimension to your Christmas Eve celebration, spend some time as a family reading the Christmas story. You might have different family members read a different section. Start with Luke 1:1 through Luke 1:56. Then read Matthew 1:18 to 1:25. Next read Luke 1:57 through 2:38. Finish with Matthew 2.
Wishing you and yours a safe and happy Christmas season.