How to Make the Holidays a Little Brighter and Enjoy the Season More
Flip the usual script and get your loved ones involved in making the holidays brighter for everyone.
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You Will Need
- Conscientiousness
- Letters
- Family activities
- Food
Steps
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Step 1
Convert parties to giving events
Convert the usual office, family, or neighborhood party to a giving event, volunteering to do for others or to donate money to a cause.
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Offer to shelter someone, or a family, if you can this season.
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Step 2
Write letters
Write Christmas letters to others, which will honor and delight them, and which you will enjoy as well.
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Step 3
Host a goofy gift exchange
Host a White Elephant Exchange, in which friends and family bring unwanted gifts and all take turns pulling a number out of a hat to pick the next bizarre present. Don't laugh too hard: that gift might be your surprise next year.
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Step 4
Check out light displays
Ride with the family to city, neighborhood, or public park Christmas light displays and enjoy the sights.
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Step 5
Attend church and community events
Attend church and community plays, nativities, musicals, recitals, choir performances, or special meals that celebrate the season of giving.
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Make a family ritual of taking time to count your blessings, telling stories of the seasons past, and remembering loved ones.
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Step 6
Eat and be merry
Eat and be merry during the holidays with those you love. Coordinate a potluck with relatives or neighbors to get together and share good cheer. That's what it's all about.
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Americans mail out 1.8 billion Christmas cards annually, over 11 times more than Valentine's Day.
