Sharing Holiday Traditions, a FREE Holiday Bucket List Printable

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Holiday Traditions, FREE Holiday Bucket List Printables by Turquoise Avenue

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Write Down Your Favorite Holiday Traditions In This Fun, New Bucketlist

This time of year is my absolute favorite time of the year. The holidays bring so much joy and so many opportunities to spend valuable time focusing on the things that really matter in life, like faith, family and gratitude, so I’ve created this fun FREE printable for you to download. Enjoy!

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Traditions, especially around the holidays are a beautiful way to celebrate togetherness, the magic of the season and a great way to be intentional about time spent.

If you’re looking to create your own holiday traditions this year, I highly recommend Jessica Smartt’s book, Memory Making Mom (see more about this book here). She has tons of great ideas for starting your own traditions!

While I know none of our family’s traditions are unique, they are still traditions that bring the spirit of the holidays to our lives and our family together. Here are a few I'm looking forward to:

PACKING OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOXES: This is my favorite tradition. My husband and I usually pack 4 shoeboxes each year. We typically buy for the boxes all year long, but this year things were a little too busy so we instead spent one late evening after work collecting items and packing our shoeboxes to be delivered to church. I slip a little note for each child inside the boxes and they'll be collected to be shipped out all around the world. What a wonderful way to spread holiday joy and Jesus's love around the world. You can learn more about Operation Christmas Child via Samaritan's Purse.

DRIVING AROUND LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: One evening before Christmas, usually on a nice chilly evening, we jump in the car and take off for burgers and ice cream at Freddy's. After our little stop for food, we drive around town and visit some different light shows while listening to Christmas music. This was a tradition for each of us as children and we've continued it together as a married couple and with our daughter (who often rides in pjs!).

PROGRESSIVE DINNER ON CHRISTMAS EVE: This is a very new tradition for my husband's side of the family, one we started a couple of years ago. However, after a HUGE success, we unanimously agreed to keep it. With life being so busy throughout the year, family time with his side of the family is few and far between. However, setting aside the entire day for a progressive dinner was really sweet. We spent a little time at each home and spent the entire day together. Plus, it really broke up the amount of work and cooking each home had to do so it didn't fall all on one person or couple. We are really looking forward to this tradition again.

BAKING COOKIES: Each year this tradition looks a little different for me. Throughout the year, I don't do much baking so I always eagerly anticipate putting on some Christmas music and baking for an entire day. Some years it has been with my mom, other years with my mother-in-law, and even still other years are with my sister. We never keep all the goodies to ourselves... We always share with our friends, family and neighbors. Yet another way to spread holiday cheer!

WATCHING CHRISTMAS MOVIES: This last tradition is probably one you all look forward to as well. With all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it is nice to stay home, cuddle up under a warm blanket with a cup of hot cocoa and enjoy a quiet evening together, as a family, near the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree. Ahhh, I can almost taste the hot chocolate already!