The Top 25 Christmas Eve Traditions Your Family Will Want To Hold Unto

Wear matching pajamas!

• Or ugly sweaters!

Have a Christmas movie marathon!

• Polar Express
• The Grinch
• Elf
• Home Alone

Bake a cake for Jesus!

• It’s a great way to remember the reason for the season!

Exchange meaningful or personalized ornaments and hang them on the tree!

Open one present!

Bake cookies for Santa!

Don’t forget the reindeer!

• Make reindeer food! Here’s what you’ll need!
• Tiny peanut butter cups, powdered sugar, mini pretzels, rice Chex cereal, peanut butter, semi-sweet chocolate, candy

Give neighbors Christmas cookies!

Make Christmas cards!

Do Christmas arts and crafts!

• Christmas Trees
• Reindeer
• Snowman
• Ornaments
• Gingerbread

Build a gingerbread house!

Read classic Christmas books before bed!

• The Night Before Christmas
• The12 Days of Christmas
• The Gift of the Magi
• The Nutcracker

Go to a Christmas Eve service!

Have hot chocolate!

Go see Christmas lights!

Have a Secret Santa or White Elephant gift exchange!

• For Secret Santa, each person in a group is assigned someone else to get a small gift for within a certain amount. During the exchange, each person gets the gift with their name on it.
• For a White Elephant gift exchange, everyone brings a wrapped unmarked gift and guests draw numbers to see who gets to pick their present first. After the first person unwraps, others can choose to pick a wrapped gift or steal someone’s. If the gift is “stolen” you get to pick another gift.

Use Google’s Santa Traker

• CLICK HERE!

Play games!

Christmas Eve dinner!

Listen to Christmas music!

• Merry Christmas album – Mariah Carey
• Christmas album – Michael Buble
• A Pentatonix Christmas

Host a Christmas Eve party!

Stuff your stockings!

Read the Christmas story in the Bible!

• Matthew 1-2
• Luke 1-2

Have a sweet morning breakfast!

• Strawberry nutella crepes
• Cinnamon rolls
• Pumpkin spice muffins

Decorate Christmas ornaments!

Watch the Chosen series!