Family Christmas Gift Exchange

For groups of siblings or cousins who live far apart here is a great idea for a gift exchange. Instead of shopping, wrapping, mailing, etc. make scrapbook pages of your family. You won't have to worry about sizes, colors, or whether the gift will be a duplicate. For mailing purposes the 8 x 10 album pages are best (and they will fit in a 12 x 12 album as well). You can do a page of each family member or a "year in review". Each person can do a set number of pages or you can each do ever how many you want. You can do the pages over to make as many as you need or you can do one page and have it color copied. Depending on the type of computer and printer people have you might be able to scan it and send it by email. This is a great way for people to stay in touch with each other's lives no matter how far apart they live. Even if a few family members are not motivated to do this they might appreciate receiving the pages from others. You might be able to at least get them to send photos and some notes for the others involved to put on pages for themselves.

Resource: https://www.mosaicmoments.com/christmas-traditions/

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Game : Name That Christmas Carol

Goal: To guess the Christmas carol song.

Preparation:– Pen and paper for each team

How to Play the Name That Christmas Carol Game:
1. Separate everyone into teams of 4. Have each team sit together.

2. Explain the game. You will be saying a line of lyrics from a Christmas carol. Each team needs to write down the title of the Correct Christmas Carol song.

3. Read the first line. Give each team one minute to discuss and write down their guess. Go throughout all of the lines.

4. Then, after everyone is done writing their answers, provide the correct answers- each correct answer is worth one point. Have each team calculate their points. The team with the most points wins the game.

Name That Christmas Carol:

1. "Then one foggy Christmas Eve" - Answer Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
2. "Oh, what fun it is to ride" - Answer Jingle Bells
3. "Little Baby, pa rum pum pum pum" - Answer Little Drummer Boy
4. "Sleep in heavenly peace" - Answer Silent Night
5. "Let men their songs employ" - Answer Joy to the World
6. "He sees you when you're sleeping " - Answer Santa Claus is Coming To Town
7. "And when those blue snowflakes start falling" - Answer Blue Christmas
8. "In the meadow we can build a snowman" - Answer Winter Wonderland
9. "Thy leaves are so unchanging" - Answer Oh Christmas Tree
10. "Close by me forever" - Answer Away in a Manger
11. "Light and life to all He brings" - Answer Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
12. "Follow me in merry measure" - Answer Deck the Halls
13. "Walkin' home from our house, Christmas eve" - Answer Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
14. "The hopes and fears of all the years" - Answer O Little Town of Bethlehem
15. "Underneath the mistletoe last night" - Answer I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
16. "To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh" - Answer Jingle Bell Rock
17. "We're gliding along with a song" - Answer Sleigh Ride
18. "When we finally kiss goodnight" - Answer Let it Snow
19. "Please have snow and mistletoe" - Answer I'll be Home For Christmas
20. "With the kids jingle belling" - Answer It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
21. "I don't know just who to blame for this catastrophe!" - Answer All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
22. "But the prettiest sight to see is the holly that will be" - Answer It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas
23. "Just like the ones I used to know " - Answer I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

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12 Days of Christmas DIY Crafts - Christmas List Ornament

Day #5 - 12 Days of Christmas DIY Crafts -  Christmas List Ornament

Here’s a fun ornament craft that would be perfect to do with the kids. have them come up with their wish list and make sure to get the year printed on there somewhere. Then in a few years it will be fun to look back and see what they wanted for Christmas all those years ago.

What you’ll need:
• Wooden spools
• Red craft paint
• Sponge or paint brush
• Glue or ModPodge
• Ribbon
• Elastic bands
• Pencil and black marker

You’ll find the complete instructions for this Christmas List Ornament over at Honeybear Lane. 

Photography by Heidi Ferguson, Honeybear Lane

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Alternative 12 Days of Christmas Gift Idea

'12 Days of Christmas' Gifts Inspired by the Classic Holiday Song

The Concept

Starting on December 14th, for 12 days you anonymously deliver a small gift to a family, representing each day from the song. Then, On Christmas Day, you deliver the last gift in person — and if you're the caroling sort of family, you could sing the song as well.

NOTE: Historically, the 12 Days of Christmas actually start with Christmas Day and finish with the eve of Epiphany on January 5.

Think of someone who has been special to you the past year or someone you know who is in need of cheering up. One each of the twelve days before Christmas leave a gift on their porch. You can ring the bell or knock but be sure to leave before they see who it is. If you want to you can reveal who you are on the last day. Better yet you can just leave them a note to pass the idea on to others by doing it themselves next year. This can be an individual or a group project and the gifts can be simple or silly or meaningful or a mixture of all those things. You can try to find things that go along with the original "Twelve Day's of Christmas poem or just use the numbers.

Here are some examples:

Day 1: pear ornament; a basket of pears or a homemade pear tart
Day 2: a box of chocolate turtles and a dove ornament; a bag of chocolate turtles and a bar of Dove soap
Day 3: an ornament with three hens side by side; samples of french perfume or chicken soup
Day 4: a cedar bird feeder filled with seed; four place mats with birds or a bird identifying book
Day 5: five gold napkin rings; pineapple rings or five Christmas candles
Day 6: Geese-a-laying ornaments, a half dozen eggs; liquor/wine with geese or goose in the title or make a homemade six-topping pizza
Day 7: plate of 7-Layer Bars or Swan Feather Ornaments
Day 8: hot cocoa or eight kinds of Christmas candy
Day 9: nine Christmas ornaments
Day 10: Jump rope; or a cookie platter with ten cookies [ or varieties]
Day 11: eleven rice crispy treats piled to look like a present and "tied" with red licorice
Day 12: candy filled drum; A drum [tin] of popcorn or A cookie tin decorated like a drum

Or to make things really simple... Give a complete set of 12 Days of Christmas ornaments all at once, or you could give one each night leading up to Christmas.

Resources: https://www.thespruce.com/christmas-verses-and-gifts-1250254
https://www.creatingreallyawesomefunthings.com/11-pipers-pipping/

Nat & Holly's 12 Days of Christmas series
https://www.sisterssuitcaseblog.com/12-days-of-christmas-diy-for-each-day/

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