Here are some ways to make Christmas extra special this year.

1. Decorate your house while listening to Christmas music

2. Have a gingerbread house making competition
   a. To make it extra fun get some friends or family to join virtually

3. Spend some time preparing your heart for Christmas
   a. Do a bible study together or learn about Advent

4. Bake cookies together!
   a. If you make extras you can give them to your neighbors

5. Create a Christmas morning tradition
   a. Some ideas: wear special pajamas, read the Christmas story, bake cinnamon rolls

6. Make homemade hot cocoa and watch your favorite Christmas movie

7. Encourage your kids to pick some toys to donate to children in need

8. Go for a Christmas lights drive

9. Hide a Christmas pickle. Tradition says the child who finds it will receive a special blessing in the new year

10. Bake Jesus a birthday cake
    a. This could be a fun addition to reading the Christmas story and learning about Jesus’ birth

11. Make salt dough ornaments
    a. Here’s a recipe

12. Go to church together, virtually or socially distanced

13. Make a non-traditional meal to eat together on Christmas eve or Christmas day
    a. Try something new for Christmas dinner like breakfast for dinner or enchiladas