25 Days of Christmas

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2010 Gospel Publishing House. Springfield, MO 65802. All rights reserved.
December 1
Welcome in the month
of December by popping in a CD and singing Christmas carols.
December 2
Make a paper chain.
Cut strips of red and
green paper and loop
them together to create
a countdown to
Christmas or for use as
decorations for your
bedroom.
December 3
Make paper snowflakes
and decorate them with
glue and glitter.
December 4
‘Tis the season for
giving! Go shopping for
some non-perishable
foods and bring them to
a food pantry.
December 5
Write 5 Christmas
cards to people who
have been on your mind
lately — teacher,
neighbor, mailman,
someone from church,
etc.
December 6
Make chocolate covered
pretzels and decorate
them with red and green
sprinkles.
December 8
Write out the
lyrics to your favorite
Christian Christmas carol.
Take time to study the words
and learn the
meaning behind the song
you’ve been singing
your whole life.
December 9
Make an ornament to
share with a friend.
December 11
Make Christmas cards.
December 12
Make a homemade gift
for someone special.
December 7
Take a Christmas Quiz
to test your knowledge
of the holiday.
December 10
Plan a Christmasthemed dinner party
with your family.
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December 13
Bundle up and go
for a walk with a parent or
grandparent. Talk about
Christmas traditions and
how God has blessed
you this year.
December 14
Gather 10 Christmas
objects and play the
Memory game. Have the
other person close their eyes
as you remove one object.
When they open their eyes
they must guess the
missing object.
December 15
Learn how to say Merry
Christmas in five other
languages.
December 17
Learn about Christmas
traditions in other
countries.
December 18
Make a gingerbread
house.
December 19
Make handmade
labels for Christmas for
your Christmas presents.
Cut out old Christmas
cards, use ribbon, scrapbook supplies, etc.
December 20
Learn the history behind
your favorite
Christmas carol.
December 21
Bake Christmas cookies.
December 22
Make hot chocolate
from scratch.
December 23
Cozy in and watch a
Christmas movie.
December 24
Attend a Christmas Eve
service.
December 16
Grab some hot cocoa
and take a drive to look
at the Christmas lights.
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December 25
Jesus was born!
Read the Christmas
story in Luke 2.
25 Days of Christmas
In s t r u c t i o n s
1. Using a large sheet of green tag board, cut out the shape of a
Christmas tree.
2. Print the previous sheets of ornaments — back and front — so
that the front of each ornament is the full color ornament with the
number and the back is the corresponding activity for the day.
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3. Lightly attach a piece of rolled tape to the back of each ornament
and fasten the ornaments to the tree.
4. Look forward each day to removing the ornament and completing
the activity for the corresponding day with your family!
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