A Calendar of Yuletide Doings

A Calendar of Yuletide Doings

Here are some suggestions from the Meadow Sweet Grove fairy folk for "daily doings" leading up to Christmas Day (pick your own order!), ​​to celebrate this magical time of the year:

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Make an "old shop window" with your french door and fake snow.

Dec 1 - Take a child out for a cup of fancy hot chocolate
Dec 2 - Donate clothes, bottles & household items to a local charity
Dec 3 - Send pretty Christmas cards to friends
Dec 4 - Buy Christmas Crackers
Dec 5 - Build a snowman ... if you have snow! Or make a bowl of
              clove studded oranges.
Dec 6 - Watch old movies:  A Christmas Carol, It's a Wonderful Life​
Dec 7 - Attend a local Christmas event 
Dec 8 -  Trim your cedar or holly tree and leave out the free trimmings for
               your neighbours
Dec 9 -  Decorate your front doorway with cedar boughs, holly &
               pine cones
Dec 10 - Put up and decorate your Christmas Tree
Dec 11 - Make a wreath for the front door from stray branches cut from                   
                 your Christmas tree
Dec 12 -  Listen to all your favourite Christmas songs
Dec 13 - Wrap gifts (cut up old Christmas cards to use for tags)
Dec 14 - Gather lots of nummy food and treats together for the big day
Dec 15 - Bake cookies and share with neighbours and friends 
Dec 16 - Clean your little abode, ready to receive guests 
Dec 17 - Watch movies:  A Christmas Story, Merry Christmas Mr. Bean
Dec 18 - Enjoy a Christmas Concert in a lovely old venue such as a local church or hall
Dec 19 - Put together a Christmas puzzle with a child or friend
Dec 20 - Walk around the neighbourhood and look at all the Christmas lights
Dec 21 - Create a Winter Solstice Tree for the woodland creatures that visit your yard or balcony
(see last year's blog post for instructions:  winter-solstice-december-21st-merry-yule.html)
Dec 22 - Watch movies:  A Charlie Brown Christmas, White Christmas
Dec 23 - Spend a quiet evening, gazing at the twinkling lights & enchanting ornaments
                on your Christmas tree
Dec 24 - Hang up your stocking, sit quietly by a window at midnight, and feel the approach
                of Santa's sleigh 
Dec 25 - Yule / Christmas - Have a Merry Christmas!

                                                                                                                                                       Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2016/2017/edited 2019

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