This time of the year is one of my favorite times of the year. I love getting into the festive spirit and doing Christmas/Winter-themed activities with friends and family. This is the time of the year where you get to spend every moment with your loved ones and express just how much you love and appreciate them. It truly is "the most wonderful time of the year". Here are a few of my favorite things to do during my holiday break. So, if you're bored one day, maybe give a few of these ideas a shot!

1. Go ice skating!

Get a group of friends or your significant other and go ice skating! At first, it's kind of hard, but as you get further into the skate session, you become more of a pro and ice skating becomes even more fun! Yes, falling all over the place and laughing at each other's stupidity is fun, but actually being able to glide along the ice and jam out to the music, without getting wet and hurt, is just as much fun!

2. Starbucks dates!

One of my favorite things to do is get a Peppermint Mocha from Starbucks and then go to Target with a friend or my boyfriend and just look at all of the cute holiday decorations and winter clothes they have there. I usually come out of Target with many bags full of Christmas decor and not just the $1 Christmas socks I planned on getting. Or, if you're not a Target person, just hang out in Starbucks and either chat or catch up on some work!

3. Have a Christmas cookie baking party!

Get all your closest friends together to bake and decorate cookies. It's so fun to fail at baking with your friends. Even if the cookies don't turn out alright, you still have a good story to tell!

4. Decorate EVERYTHING in Christmas lights!

I decorate the Christmas tree, my room, my house, my neighbor's house, and even my sister. LITERALLY, ANYTHING CAN BE COVERED IN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!

5. Spend time with family!

I don't know about your family, but mine always knows how to get LIT during the holidays. Family parties are full of our whole Italian family, (there's like 60 of us), shouting Christmas carols and dancing around the kitchen.

6. Go Christmas caroling!

My family used to go caroling at an old folks home every year and that was honestly the highlight of my entire year. Also, my mom's friend has a caroling party every year where we'd get hot cocoa and walk around her neighborhood and sing carols at the top of our lungs. I love walking around the neighborhood and surprising people by serenading them. It will either make their night or they'll be highly aggravated that they have a bunch of strangers on their door step making a lot of ruckus after they just put their baby to sleep.

7. Drive around and see all the Christmas lights!

Some people go all out and connect to a radio station and create a light show by matching their lights on their house to go with the music. It's actually more entertaining than you'd think! Driving around and looking at all of the pretty lights will definitely make you feel cheery and warm inside.

8. Movie days!

Having days where I can just lay around in my Christmas pajamas and fuzzy socks, drink hot cocoa and watch Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel are the days that I live for. Get a few friends and force them to come over and be festive. Or you could do it alone if you're not into sharing your hot cocoa.