Elf on The Shelf

Gifts under the tree the day of Christmas. (We did not do that growing up nor implemented Santa in our celebration so this is new).

We have a chinese lantern festival in December in my town we go to every year, making gingerbread houses, making Christmas cookies on Christmas Eve, watching certain movies like Christmas vacation and polar express, going shopping on Christmas Eve, picking out a fresh Christmas tree at the farmers market, walking/driving around looking at lights, go to local Christmas parades and tree lightings, volunteer at soup kitchen, some sort of charity donation like toys for tots

I’m going to start a Christmas Eve tradition where my son gets to open one present on Christmas Eve that is a movie, popcorn, and Christmas pajamas

Thanks :)

-Going for a drive to look at Christmas lights together

-Attending our town’s Santa parade & tree lighting where they read ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

-Getting pictures with Santa

-Making Christmas cookies together

-Attending our church’s Christmas Eve family service

-Christmas Eve chili (was my grandma’s tradition that we’ve carried on❤️)

-Elf on the Shelf and his dog

-Leaving milk & cookies for Santa, as well as carrots for the reindeer

-Oatmeal & glitter mixed together to sprinkle on the snow outside your house so that the reindeer can find their way to your house

-Stockings opened first on Christmas morning