IMG_0677‘Wondering what to do this Holiday Season?  The best of December doesn’t fit in a box.  Here are gifts for you and yours that can’t be wrapped:

  • Contribute time or money to a nonprofit organization.
  • Phone or Skype friends and family.
  • Write holiday cards.
  • Invite friends, family, neighbors, and/or co-workers for dinner.
  • Play charades with friends.
  • Teach a child or adult a new skill.
  • Share a hobby.
  • Visit a museum.
  • Go to theater.
  • Listen to jazz, blues, or rock.
  • Get concert tickets. 
  • Attend a ballet.
  • Go to a live opera.
  • See a movie.
  • Help someone move.
  • Paint a room. 
  • Help someone paint a room.
  • Host a “Come as You Are Party.”
  • Take a road trip.
  • Go bowling.
  • Walk.
  • Run.
  • Dance.
  • Sing.
  • Skate.
  • Ski.
  • Sled.
  • Read.
  • Write.
  • Draw.
  • Paint.
  • Throw a pot.
  • Sew an outfit.
  • Knit a scarf.
  • Enjoy a “crafternoon.”
  • Design a flower arrangement.
  • Repot plants.
  • Buy new plants.
  • Plant a kitchen herbal garden.
  • Play basketball, tennis, soccer, or squash.
  • Roller skate.
  • Get tickets to a professional, semi-professional, collegiate, or high school sport.
  • Watch a ballgame on TV with friends.
  • Watch movies on TV with friends.
  • Take a cooking class.
  • Sign up for an adult education class.
  • Take a child to a puppet show or children’s theater.
  • Build an indoor fort with kids.
  • Read to kids.
  • Play games with kids of all ages.
  • Babysit.
  • Offer to do errands for a home bound neighbor.
  • Shovel someone else’s sidewalk.
  • Make a snowman/woman.
  • Organize old photos and frame prints for those who will appreciate them.
  • Clean closets and give away stuff in good condition.  Toss junk.
  • Get a head start on end-of year tax organization.
  • Plan a trip.
  • Invite out-of-town friends for a visit.
  • Go out for breakfast.
  • Sleep late.
  • Eat breakfast in bed.
  • Sign up at a Karaoke bar.
  • Sing at a sing-a-long pub.
  • Dance at a club with live music or D.J.
  • Go Square Dancing
  • Play indoor mini-golf.
  • Explore a new neighborhood.
  • Take an architectural, historical, or culinary tour.
  • Tour a chocolate, beer, or potato chip factory.
  • Go to a comedy club.
  • Sign up to usher at a theater.
  • Buy a one day pass at a hotel swimming pool.
  • Surprise kids with a “Backwards Day.”
  • Visit a church or temple that you’ve never attended.
  • Listen to a gospel choir.
  • Invite a friend to high tea.
  • Attend a lecture at a local school.
  • Explore the library.
  • Declare “No Screens Day.”
  • Visit a greenhouse.
  • Write a review for your favorite local business.
  • Make a scrapbook.
  • Get a jump on New Year’s Resolutions.

Happy – Healthy – Humorous Holidays!  

Life is short.  Celebrate!