I think Christmas Eve is the most special day of the entire year! So I don’t want to squander it! I make sure we do lots of memory making things that have become Christmas traditions. Here are 10 fun and wonderful things to do this Christmas Eve!
This year especially we need to keep our traditions and make even the smallest things we do special!
Ready to make this Christmas Eve a day to remember? If you have a fun Christmas Eve idea please share them in the comments! We would love to hear!
TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR CHRISTMAS HOUSE
As a blogger, I have a running visual record of my home decorated for Christmas.
And I love to see how things have changed over the years!
Why not do a movie or image tour of your home? If you have a smart phone use it to take lots of pictures of all your pretty decorations. Start at your front door and take pictures of all your Christmas decorations!
PUT YOUR SHOES OUTSIDE THE DOOR OF YOUR ROOM
Every Christmas Eve when our grandbabies come they put their shoes outside their bedroom doors and “Santa” fills them with goodies.
This year is a much quieter year so Bobby and I are putting our shoes out. I wonder if Santa will fill them too!
SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS
The only time I miss having a piano is at Christmas! If you don’t have any instruments to accompany you then put on your favorite music and SING!
Of all the days of the year to sing, this one is it! As a matter of fact, have Christmas music playing from the second you get up until you go to bed!
GIVE A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS GIFT
Since Bobby and I were first married we have given each other a “night before Christmas gift”. And we do the same for our children and grandchildren. I bet so many of you do this too. Let me guess, is it pajamas?
Everyone in our home gets a nice new pair of fun jammies! And sometimes they are matching!
GO TO CHURCH
Christmas Eve feels holy to me! Every year we go to Christmas Eve service and it puts Christmas into perspective!
This year we will be attending remotely! But it still is an O, Holy Night!
MAKE CHRISTMAS COOKIES
My new love of baking is almost an obsession! I’m going to wake up early Christmas Eve morning and bake cookies while listening to Christmas carols.
Our home has been so busy in years past I would not have had the time to do something like that.
But instead of being frumpy about our small gathering this year I’m finding joy!
I won’t bake a lots of cookies, just my favorite! My sugar cookies.
You can see MY BEST SUGAR COOKIE RECIPE HERE.
MAKE BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
No matter how big or small Christmas brunch is we always have CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST CASSEROLE.
I make it Christmas Eve and then bake it on Christmas morning! Everyone loves this taste of Christmas!
WRAP LAST-MINUTE GIFTS
Instead of putting those last minute gifts in a gift bag why not find joy in wrapping them and tying them up with a pretty bow?
Wrapping gifts really puts me in the Christmas spirit!
You can see how easy it is to make the STONEGABLE CHRISTMAS BOW HERE.
WATCH YOUR FAVORITE HOLIDAY MOVIE
Our first married Christmas Bobby and I watched IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE and it has become a Christmas Eve tradition.
When we get home from church we pop the cork on some bubbly, snuggle up in our new pajamas and watch George Bailey, Clarence, Zuzu, and more working out a Christmas miracle in Bedford Falls.
What’s your favorite Christmas movie?
Last week we watched THE STAR with our little grandsons. I think this is a beautiful movie for young children.
GO ON A CHISTMAS LIGHTS DRIVE
I LOVE LOVE LOVE going for a long drive to see all the good, bad and so so ugly Christmas lights!
Actually, we usually do this on the way home from church. But this year we are doing our Christmas Eve drive a few days early.
Make sure to take hot chocolate and some cookies to boost your Christmas spirit!
I hope I’ve given you a few ideas you can use to make your Christmas Eve special and memorable!
Now, it’s your turn! Please share you favorite Christmas Eve activity!
Thanks for making our spirits bright in this challenging year. We can’t see my siblings this year so we put on our Santa hats and drove to all six homes to leave a wrapped throw on each porch. The tag said, “We won’t see each other this year, but you’ve got our love to keep you warm.”
Followed that up with dropping some goodies in the wreaths of all the single ladies on our court. I don’t want them to feel forgotten. We sang carols in the car and stopped at a church to watch their light show before our virtual church service. It was a memorable Christmas Eve!
Merry Christmas Yvonne and Bobby.Its been a depressing year.But I found an escape from all the crazyness in keeping up with your blog.You have inspired me.Love the stories from time to time on your life with Bobby. Makes your blog so real, and heart warming.So I hope your Christmas is as wonderful as the days you gave me with your blog.God Bless you and your Family.Good health and happiness for the new year.love you.🎅🤶🎄❣ and Thank You.
Thanks for the inspiration! My husband are usually alone on Christmas Eve, so we pick up pre-ordered tamales (my tradition I brought to the Midwest from my home in Southern California,) but this year, we’re making our own! I’ll also be icing the sugar cookies I already baked and taking them to our family gathering on Christmas Day. Other than that and (virtual) church service, we drive down to Kansas City and walk the beautifully decorated streets of the Country Club Plaza, and we always take our precious Piper (doggo!) too. It’s a quiet but precious day for us. Merry Christmas to you!
I love how you call your Christmas day “quiet but precious”. I love that! Merry Christmas.
I love all the many ideas for Christmas Eve. Tomorrow will be the day I get into the chaos at the big stores! I have fun shopping last minute gifts and being in the hustle and bustle! Blessings to you and your family for a healthy and fun Christmas!
Christmas blessing to you and your family. Enjoy last minute shopping, Cecilia!
DEAR YVONNE
ALL GREAT IDEAS. I LIKE TO MAKE PHONE CALLS TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY WISHING THEM A BLESSED CHRISTMAS. I SEND CARDS SO I DON’T CALL MANY BUT A FEW PEOPLE THAT THE LORD LAYS ON MY HEART. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A BLESSED NEW YEAR.
Hi Vicky, how lovely!!! Merry Christmas!
Yvonne, Merry Christmas to you and your family! I so enjoy your blog and look forward to see what new ideas you will bring to us. Thanks for all of your hard work.
Thanks for noticing Deb! Yes, I have lots of new and exciting things planned for 2021
When my children each turned one year old, I started a tradition of having them open one gift on Christmas Eve. It was always a Christmas book for each child. We would read the book together. I would sign and date the book and include a special message. Now my Grandchildren have a shelf full of wonderful books for them to read. My kids now have carried out the same the tradition with their kids.
This is such a delightful idea, Lynette! Merry Christmas hugs to you!
My husband and I usually look at a few lights as well, after Sunday night service before Christmas. We order a pizza for our trek. Have so enjoyed your Christmas blogs, Yvonne. Thank you for warmly inviting us into your beautiful home. Wishing you and Bobby a blessed Christmas. You have become a dear friend to many through your outreach.
Hi Jane, Merry Christmas! Thank you for your kind words. They mean so much to me! And I hope everyone who visits StoneGable feels like they are a friend… because they are!
Yvonne, I enjoy your blog, especially at Christmas, and have incorporated many of your ideas in our home–thank you! We also share many of the same Christmas traditions (we did our lights drive last night–complete with peppermint chocolate chip milkshakes and our music has been playing all week).
I especially love that you share your faith openly–that is a wonderful blessing to all of us.
Have a Blessed Christmas!
Thank you Cathy! God bless you and Merry Christmas!
Thank you for sharing what you do on Christmas Eve. I love reading your posts and have gotten many decorating ideas from you. Now I want Red boots! Yours are so fun and lovely.
Our daughter, her husband and our, now 8 yr old, granddaughter, come visit Christmas Eve day.
A tradition in our home is to make an outside fire and make Smores after sledding behind the four wheeler (when there is snow). This year we don’t have enough snow so we will do a Christmas craft instead.
Your home must be magical for your family Kim! Enjoy the wonder of this special day. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thank you for sharing your blog all year long! Merry Christmas!
We open gifts on Christmas Eve. My mom’s birthday was on Christmas, so that day belonged to her, that tradition started in her childhood. We play cards and other games after we open gifts.
What a sweet idea. And how wonderful your Mom shares the same day as our Savior!
I absolutely love your Christmas home! Thank you for sharing so much of your home and thought process. I found this post very uplifting. But what really caught my eye is those red boots! Would you share your source please?
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Hi Judy, I found those red boots years and years ago on Amazon. Here’s a similar and inexpensive pair:https://rstyle.me/+jIosddEg3LVo6MTk10EMKA
Those Sugar Cookies tied with twine is one of my all-time favorite cookie pictures! Their decoration looks like a glistening snow. So, so pretty. Wishing you and Bobby and Spirit-filled Christmas.
Sue P.
Thank you Sue! Merry Christmas to you!