25+ Fun Family Christmas Traditions Ideas to Start This Year

Looking for fun family Christmas traditions to start this Christmas? Well, you’re in luck! Keep reading to see 25+ Of our favorite fun family Christmas tradition ideas, we know you’ll love!

Christmas time is such a wonderful time of the year! So many wonderful moments that will be cherished for years to come!

A lot of family time and bonding! Christmas time is perfect for the ultimate family bonding experience, and a great time to start new fun family Christmas traditions to make Christmas Time Unforgettable. Even for the tiniest family members!

If you have no idea what Christmas Traditions to start this year, or just want to add a few more fun traditions to your List of To-Dos for Christmas Family Time, I have listed 25+ Fun Family Christmas Traditions that you can surely start this year!

What are Christmas Traditions?

If you are new to Christmas and Traditions, let me just quickly explain both to you.

Christmas is one of the holidays that is celebrated on the 24th and 25th of December every year. This is a time, when the family gathers together, gives back to each other and the less fortunate, plays in the snow, buys and decorates Christmas trees, puts up Christmas lights and so much more. In the Christian family, some celebrate Christmas as Jesus’s Birthday!

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Christmas Traditions are things and or events you do every time during the Christmas season! To Give you better examples of Christmas Traditions, see the list of traditions below on this page!

Why are Christmas Traditions Important?

Christmas Traditions are so important due to the highly memorable effect it leaves on families. Just imagine your kids waking up every day on a nice December morning, smiling from ear to ear, excited to start a fun family Christmas tradition event that they love.

Any parent would love to see their family so happy and having so much fun. Think about the awesome pictures you can capture of your super happy family on Christmas Day.

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25+ Fun Family Christmas Traditions Ideas To Start This Year

This Christmas Year is looking really promising with these awesome Fun Family Christmas Tradition Ideas! Grab a notebook, and start jotting down the Jolly Christmas tradition ideas you want to start this Christmas Year:

1) Decorate the House For Christmas

What’s Christmas without apple spice cinnamon smells, Christmas lights, and decor inside the house. If you need some guidance on what to choose, think Santa Claus, Christmas stockings (not the ones you wear), Christmas snow globes, and let’s not forget the mistletoe for the lovers.

You can even get fancy like me and Kaylynn and switch it up with a Pink Christmas theme:

2) Make Cookies for Santa

Making Cookies for Santa with the little ones will surely get them all rally up for Christmas! You can leave this tradition for Christmas Eve and don’t forget to make extra cookies so the little ones don’t get tempted to eat Santa’s Cookies!

Side Note: Make sure to leave a half eating cookie with an empty milk cup on the table to show to the kiddies on Christmas Morning!

3) Have an Indoor DIY Snow Fight

Indoor DIY Snow Fight is a must for those who don’t live in places where it snows during Christmas Time. For example, I grew up in Miami, Florida. The closest I ever got to snow was Hail from the sky.

To have your own indoor DIY Snow Fight you will have to get creative. You can either glue a bunch of cotton balls together to make one massive cotton ball (snowball), or you can roll up some fresh white socks in a ball. If you rather just order a kit than Do It Completely yourself, You can this awesome Realistic Snowball kit from Amazon.

4) Watch Christmas Movies Together

With everything being so easy to find on your Smart TV, you can easily find good Christmas Movies on Netflix, Prime Videos, and Youtube! But to help your search here are some movies I recommend you watch:

- How The Grinch Stole Christmas
- The Nutcracker
- Arthur Christmas
- Elf
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Frozen
- Home Alone
- Santa Buddies
- A Christmas Carol (Disney)
- The Polar Express
- The Santa Clause

5) Write Letters to Santa

Writing letters to Santa will surely get your little ones excited and in the Christmas spirit! You can inform your kids prior to their writing that Santa will be picking either some or all their wishes on their list depending on how good they are. P.s. You are Santa, and you might want to start checking out the Christmas deals for the season!

6) Go Christmas Shopping Together

Go Christmas shopping as a family and picking each other gifts have been one of my favorite traditions growing up. With the current Pandemic, if you do decide to go Christmas shopping in-store, don’t forget your face mask, hand sanitizers, glove, and any other safety items you feel comfortable to wear.

7) Wear Family Matching Pjs

This is by far the cutest Christmas tradition you and your family can implement this Christmas Year! To help you get started, here are some really cute options for Matching Christmas PJs!

8) Drive Around and Look At Christmas Lights

Driving around and looking at Christmas lights had to be one of my top favorites Christmas Traditions! This tradition is probably one of the most affordable and fun activities of the list of Christmas traditions. Grab your own family and load up the car, drive around the neighbor full of Christmas lights and decorations!

9) String Popcorn for the Christmas Tree

String popcorn for the Christmas Tree can be a fun activity for you and your family in preparation for Christmas. All you need is some Popcorn and some String! If you really want to learn more about how to string popcorn on a string for the best results, here is a How-To Article.

10) Make a Hot Cocoa Bar

Hmmm. Warm fresh Hot Cocoa on a cold winter night is amazing! Set up a Hot Cocoa Bar for the whole month of December, so you and your family can have Hot Cocoa with ease throughout the Christmas Season!

Here are some items to add to your Cocoa Bar:

- - Disposable Hot Cups for Cocoa
  - Chocolate Chips
  - Marshmallows
  - Caramel Syrup
  - Hot Chocolate Syrup
  - Whip Cream
  - Peppermints
  - Cinnamon
  - Chopped nuts
  - Mint Sprinkles
  - Cinnamon Sticks
  - Spoons and Stirs Straws

11) Donate Old Toys to Toy Drive

Bless others by donating old toys to Toy drives! You and your little ones will feel amazing donating to a great cause, and bringing happiness into another child/parent life!

- If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area you could even sell your old Toy to Toycyle.

12) Give a Gift To A Stranger

Being in the Christmas Spirit will have you wanting to do a lot of random acts of kindness, why not put a smile on someone else face by gifting them a random gift. This is a good tradition to teach your littles to be kind and grateful.

13) Create Ugly Sweaters

Wearing Ugly sweaters is a super Famous Christmas tradition! But sometimes, you just want to add a little bit of more fun and creativity into this tradition. So, creat your ugly sweaters instead of buying one that’s already made. To Start off get a color pullover sweatshirt. Next, let your creativity run free and add anything that you want onto your Ugly Sweater (I’ve seen a mirror on one before. Super funny!

14) Decorate your Own Christmas Hats

If you love art and crafts, here is another Christmas tradition that you can your kiddos can let your creativity flow! To decorate your own Christmas Hats you want to first get plain Christmas Hats. Next, you want to get some glitter, felt, tulle, and anything else your heart desire to put on your hat.

15) Create and Hang an Ornament for Every Special Family Event

If you’re big on memories, special events, and milestones, this is a great Christmas tradition to add on to your list. Hang an ornament up for each person in the house, yes even your pets! Just had a baby, hang up a baby shoe for baby’s first Christmas! The options are unlimited!

16) Take a Family Picture Infront of the Christmas Tree

Take a picture in front of the Christmas Tree is a must add to your Christmas Traditions! I would even suggest, that you take a picture in front of the Christmas Tree several times during the Christmas Season! You can take a picture in your matching Christmas Pjs, another time in your Customized Ugly Sweaters, one with your Hot Cocoa in it, a picture of the little ones writing their letter to Santa in front of the Christmas Tree, and so much more! To add in some more sentimental value in, get you an awesome Polaroid Camera to Instant Print Photos after being taken!

17) Cut out Snowflakes

Grab out some paper, scissors, tape, and string (optional for hanging) to create your perfect snowflakes! You can easily find cut out templates online to help your little ones make their snowflakes.

18) Sing Christmas Songs Together

It’s time to give your best Mariah Carey Lip Singing (and or real impersonations), on with this Christmas Tradition! Singing your favorite Christmas songs can put you in such a great mood and in the Christmas spirit! Make Singing Christmas Songs by the Christmas Tree a family Christmas tradition! Grab your Echo Dot, and ask Alexa to play the best Christmas songs of all time! To add more fun, add in a karaoke microphone speaker machine into this tradition!

19) The Elf On The Shelf

The Elf On The Shelf is a fun and creative way to get your kiddos to be good during the Christmas Season! Santa’s Little Helper, The Elf, will be “watching over” the kiddos to and reporting back to Santa every night to tell him whether or not the kids have been naughty or nice.

- Check out these Elf on the Shelf Names .

20) Secret Santa Gift Exchange

Secret Santa gift exchange is a popular work and or group organization Christmas tradition but you can also do this with your family. You can make the decision if you just do this with your in house family or add in cousins, and auntie and uncles in as well. Grab everyone names in one jar, shake it up, and have each person grab a paper with a name on it. You can set a gift price limit so everyone will get a fair and affordable gift.

21) DIY Sleigh Race

Even if you don’t live in a snowy area, this sleigh race is super achievable. To accomplish your DIY Sleigh Race you can either get these flexible snow sleighs or get a few Clean and New Round Waste Container lids. With your give sleigh, you can either use regular grass for your element or make a water slide! Sounds like a Christmas in Miami to me lol.

22) Take Pictures with Santa

No Matter where in the world you live, you can find Santa either in a mall, shopping center and even at home with the right Santa Costume! Grab the kiddos up and have them take pictures with Santa. Collect each year’s picture up for your lasting memories.

23) Build a Snowman

Depending on where you live, you might be able to go outside your doors and build a snowman from the snow. If you live in the south where it doesn’t show, you can always make your own snowman from a different material than snow aka DIY Snowman.

24) Create Snow Angels

Every child has once seen a Christmas movie and wanted to make snow angels in the snow! Whether or not, it snows where you live you can make snow angels in the snow! If you live in an area without snow, you can always get this super cool instant fake snow kit (it feels like real snow).

25) Send Christmas Cards to Friends and Family

Send out Christmas Cards to family and friends is a great Christmas Tradition to add to your list! You can make this fun by sending a clever funny pictures within the Christmas Card. This is a great way to stay connected with families and friends during the holidays.

26) Make A Christmas Wreath and Hang it

Making a Christmas Wreath is a fun creative way to get your family into the Christmas Spirit and of course an addition to your Christmas Decorations! You don’t have to break the bank to make Christmas Wreath either, you can get everything you need from Dollar Tree for a $1 each!

27) Decorate Sugar Cookies

Yummy sugar cookies making is a Family Christmas traditions that can be added right with making Cookies for Santa. Pick your sugar cookies mix, and grab this Awesome Christmas Cookie Cutters. Let’s not forget about icing! To make your life easier, you can also get this huge sugar cookie decorating kit!

28) Go Ice Skating

Ice Skating is a must during the Christmas Season! Grab your skates and take a visit to your nearby ice arena. Don’t forget to bundle up and wear your face mask!

29) Make A Homemade Snow Globe

Another awesome art and crafts Christmas family Tradition to add this year! Make a homemade Snow Globe, is not as hard as it may seem. You can easily grab one of these clear plastic water globes from Amazon and add-in this Faux Snow from Dollar Tree!

30) Go Tree Shopping

What Christmas without a Christmas Tree?! Going Christmas tree shopping should be on your list for Family Christmas Traditions! Allow the youngest to pick the tree! Also, when decorating the tree, allow the youngest to put the star or angel at the top of the tree.

31) Sit By The Fire And Read Christmas Stories Together

Grab your favorite Christmas Stories, sit by the fire, and really just enjoy the night with your family! You can even grab some cocoa from your Cocoa Bar.

Here are some good Christmas Books for Kids:

Common Questions/FAQ About Christmas and Traditions?

What are some fun Christmas traditions?

- Some fun Christmas traditions are building a snowman, sleigh racing, decorating the house for Christmas, and going on a drive to see Christmas lights and decorations. There are so many other fun Christmas traditions, it all depends on what your family enjoys doing!

How can I make my family Christmas special?

- You can make your family Christmas special by adding super fun family traditions into your Christmas routine! Really go all out for Christmas. You can hide the present around the house, have Santa come to your house to visit the kids, and so much more.

How do you make Christmas fun without gifts?

- It’s easy to make Christmas fun without gifts, you can simply take a trip to your family’s favorite place for Christmas, and or partake in other fun family Christmas traditions!

How do you make Christmas Day extra special?

- To make Christmas Day extra special and memorable, first, start by making a big yummy breakfast for the family, have everyone dress up in matching PJs, have an open cocoa bar set up, and open Christmas presents in the morning!

How do you make Christmas fun for kids?

- - Making Christmas fun for kids is easy. Simply get them super hype from watching Christmas movies, listening and singing Christmas songs, as well as having them write letters to Santa asking for presents that they want.

The Last Thing You Need to Know about Fun Christmas Traditions to Start This Christmas Season

This is the Season to have Fun! I hope you jot down these amazing and fun family Christmas Traditions! This year will be one of the funniest Christmas Season for you and your little one. Remember, the best and most precious gift you can give to your family is time!

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