Christmas is a time often associated with rituals and traditions that pass on from one generation to the next.
But after experiencing two years like no other, people are looking to shake things up and introduce some new festive season traditions as they start afresh.
If you’re looking for some fun ideas for Christmas 2021 and beyond, here are our top 7.
1. Make a new ornament
Get out the craft kit and let the kids create their own Christmas ornaments. This can be hung on the tree or given away as gifts. You can do this every year and build up a really interesting arrangement of eclectic Christmas decorations on the tree.
2. 12 days of Christmas
Encourage the gift of giving this year by choosing one charity or person in need in the 12 days before Christmas and then drop something off each day. After a very tough year, there are lots of people and NPOs in desperate need, so any assistance would be appreciated.
3. Hot chocolate or cookie bar
Invite the neighbours over and enjoy a hot chocolate or cookie bar at your home. You’ll have to arrange a variety of fun toppings that can be added to the cookies or hot chocolate, followed up by a Christmas movie or fun game.
4. Christmas Eve box
Make the build-up to Christmas Day that much more exciting by preparing a special Christmas Eve box for each of the family members. This can include the Christmas pyjamas, a little Christmas gift, a Christmas ornament and a fun film to watch together.
5. Christmas tree camp out
Why not take it a step further by throwing some mattresses on the lounge floor in front of the Christmas tree and spend the night under the lights? Christmas Eve might be too much excitement and activity, but any other night in the build-up to Christmas will work.
6. Tough wrapping
If the adults are only getting one or two gifts, make them really work for it with some ‘tough wrapping’. Bypass the thin paper wrapping and instead use hardwearing items such as boxes, duct tape, wood and nails. It’s highly amusing for everyone else to watch them struggling through the wrapping for a gift voucher.
7. The re-gifter
Choose one gift or item that is re-gifted to someone in the family and they then have to do the same to another family member the following year.
This could be a really bad Secret Santa gift or an old family heirloom that nobody wants in their home.
