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What I Wouldn’t Miss This Holiday Season
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items Whether you're traveling or staying local for the holiday season, here are some of my favorite traditions and bucket list items for the joyous time of the year
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Must-do Holiday Activities
Delectable Holiday Foods
Christmas Books
Christmas Movies
Must-do Holiday Activities
Bring your family and friends together by celebrating with your classic winter activities!
I have always romanticized Chrsitmas Markets. The lights that twinkle, the stunning gifts, it's an experience that is so special
Christmas Markets - (Worldwide)
I don't particularly enjoy eating them, but building a confectionary house for my sugary gingerbread people is a family fun activity that is perfect for the season
Gingerbread House Kit
The best outdoor skating rink in the Tahoe area, enjoy the most beautiful views, and sip a hot chocolate by the outdoor fireplaces
Ice Skating - (Heavenly Village)
Choosing your tree is one of the best traditions, even if you don't celebrate Christmas!
Pick Out Your Christmas Tree - (Tahoe)
One of my favorite activities is riding the train with a cup of hot chocolate, most cities have a chrismtas train and I would highly recommend checking it out!
Holiday Train Express - (V&T Railway)
An epic activity in an incredible place: the mountains
Skiing & Snowboarding - (Tahoe)
The ultimate guide on how to build a snowman
Build a Snowman
Making your own Christmas gifts for grandparents and neighbors is one of the cost cherishable moments of the season
Make your own Christmas gifts
Delectable Holiday Foods
The end of the year is all about the fattening before the resolutions ;)
One of my favorite treats is fudge, its easy and chocolatey and you can add extras like nuts and peppermints
Fantasy Fudge
Finding a tin of these in your grandparents house with no sewing tools in it was the best part of the day!
Butter Cookies
One of my favorite holiday cookies - Crinkle cookies! For my chocolate lovers, this is a beautiful treat to make!
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Pralines are the perfect pair to a savory dinner. The sweet crunch of these nuts are great for yourself, and divided up into little gift baskets of goodies
Kirkland Signature Praline Pecans
Christmas Books
Cozy up by the fireplace with your hot cider because this season is all about the books!
A classic that illuminates the spirits (pun intended ;)) of Christmas
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
No matter how old, this book is a heartfelt tradition in my family and is a special part of Christmas Eve
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
A Christmas story that mixes the spirit of the holiday and a classic into a middle-grade book
The Miracle on Ebenezer Street by Catherine Doyle
Another wonderful mystery that follows a journalists that reignites his love for Christmas all while being stuck on a train with a group of others with far different jobs. Adapted into a Hallmark movie staring Danny Glover and Kimberly Williams-Paisl...
The Christmas Train by David Baldacci
Christmas comes once each year, right? Well not this year for Eva. Until the perfect happens, she's stuck in a loop
One Christmas Morning: A Novel by Rachel Greenlaw
The ultimate Hallmark Christmas movie lover’s dream book
A Winter in New York: A Novel by Josie Silver
Christmas Movies
One of my favorite holiday traditions is watching movies that don't follow Hallmark rules
One of the most iconic movies of the season, Home Alone follows a boy that was forgotten by his family and has to keep his house safe from an attempted burglary
Home Alone
Will Farrell plays Americas's favorite elf who travels to NYC to find his biological dad, who isn't into Christmas as much as he is
Elf
A classic film that highlights the spirit of Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
A 5 star movie about George Bailey who finds the meaning of his life based on an angel who visits
It's A Wonderful Life
Tim Allen's comedy shines in his take on a Santa Claus story. When Santa falls off his roof, he must take the reigns and become the Christmas man himself. A favorite for my whole family!
The Santa Clause Trilogy
A spin-off of the Charles Dickens tale, A Christmas Carol comes to life in young Charles's life. He races against the clock in order to get his story to the printers just in time for Christmas.
The Man Who Invented Christmas
An unbeknownst movie that captures the spirit of Christmas when young Kate and her brother Teddy go on an adventure of a lifetime
The Christmas Chronicles