Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Lifestyle

100 Little Christmas Things to Make You Smile

A list of Christmas traditions that will make you feel warm and fuzzy

Megan Alms

Dec 05, 2017

127

100 Little Christmas Things to Make You Smile

https://odysseyimages.s3.amazonaws.com/cropped_r1bd6T_0W.jpeg

1. Impromptu snowball fights

2. The fur of your parka tickling your face

3. Slightly melted marshmallows in hot cocoa

4. Slipping fuzzy socks on when your toes are cold

5. Proudly wearing an ugly sweater

6. Christmas light shows

7. Wrapping a gift with your favorite wrapping paper

8. The satisfying rip of wrapping paper when you open a gift

9. Christmas music playing like background music in a movie

10. Watching your friend open the gift you know theyâ€™ll love

11. Singing Silent Night

12. Wearing mittens

13. Reading The Polar Express

14. Baking cookies

15. Decorating cookies with frosting and candies

16. Making snowballs without wearing gloves

17. Wearing earmuffs

18. Shortbread cookies

19. Singing The First Noel

20. When the Christmas lights are the only lights in the room

21. Really tacky ornaments

22. Falling off your sled into a pile of snow

23. Driving by a snowman made by kids

24. Watching A Charlie Brown Christmas

25. Fresh, untouched snow

26. When the snow looks like glitter

27. Snow angels

28. Singing Joy to the World

29. Stepping on an ice puddle so it crunches

30. ABC Familyâ€™s Harry Potter marathon

31. Peppermint crumbles on cookies

32. Glass ball ornaments

33. Singing O Come, All Ye Faithful

34. Cinnamon sticks

35. Reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas

36. Sending Christmas cards

37. Singing O Holy Night

38. Flannel pajamas

39. Red velvet ribbons

40. Cheesy Christmas novels

41. Red and green M&Mâ€™s

42. A childâ€™s handmade ornaments

43. Lighting candles on an advent wreath

44. Handmade stockings hanging from the mantel

45. Reindeer with jingle bells

46. Reading Charles Dickensâ€™ A Christmas Carol

47. Chocolate fudge

48. Lighting candles

49. Advent calendars

50. Horse-drawn carriages

51. Hanging ornaments

52. Singing We Wish You a Merry Christmas

53. Watching Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

54. Toy trains with metal tracks

55. Golden bells chiming

56. Silver tinsel garlands

57. Those peanut butter cookies with a Hersheyâ€™s kiss in the middle

58. Reading Luke Chapter 2, Verses 1-20

59. Watching White Christmas

60. Pretzels with a Hersheyâ€™s kiss and an M&M in the middle

61. Wreaths on door fronts

62. The smell of gingerbread

63. Singing Away in a Manger

64. Snow that lights up when it floats in front of a street light

65. Carolers wandering the streets

66. Evergreen garlands

67. Shaking a snow globe as hard as you can

68. Watching Home Alone

69. Snowflakes shining under a lamp post

70. Playing Christmas songs on the piano

71. Inflatable Christmas decorations

72. Rolling out cookie dough

73. Bows on everything

74. Singing The Twelve Days of Christmas all the way through

75. The shout-outs children add when singing Rudolph

76. Ice skating

77. The sound of jingle bells

78. Singing Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

79. Icicles

80. Driving around and looking at the Christmas lights

81. Snow on evergreens

82. Covering yourself in blankets

83. Sitting by a fireplace

84. Flannel pajamas

85. The anticipation of Christmas Eve

86. Drawing on frosted windows

87. Chocolate-covered pretzels

88. Shortbread cookies

89. Christmas Eve candle light services

90. Singing It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

91. Tacky Santa wrapping paper

92. Silver jingle bells

93. Pine needles stuck to your coat

94. Pillsbury cookies with Christmas shapes in the middle

95. Writing â€œtoâ€� and â€œfromâ€� on a gift tag

96. Listening to Bing Crosby Christmas music

97. Frosted pinecones

98. Choosing your cookie cutters

99. Watching A Christmas Story

100 . Spending time with friends and family

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Student Life

Waitlisted for a College Class? Here's What to Do!

Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Smith College

69142

college students waiting in a long line in the hallway

StableDiffusion

Course registration at college can be a big hassle and is almost never talked about. Classes you want to take fill up before you get a chance to register. You might change your mind about a class you want to take and must struggle to find another class to fit in the same time period. You also have to make sure no classes clash by time. Like I said, it's a big hassle.

This semester, I was waitlisted for two classes. Most people in this situation, especially first years, freak out because they don't know what to do. Here is what you should do when this happens.

Keep Reading...Show less

waitlisted

Swoon

Navigating the Talking Stage: 21 Essential Questions to Ask for Connection

It's mandatory to have these conversations.

National Writers Society

138002

a man and a woman sitting on the beach in front of the sunset

Whether you met your new love interest online, through mutual friends, or another way entirely, you'll definitely want to know what you're getting into. I mean, really, what's the point in entering a relationship with someone if you don't know whether or not you're compatible on a very basic level?

Consider these 21 questions to ask in the talking stage when getting to know that new guy or girl you just started talking to:

Keep Reading...Show less

single life

Lifestyle

Challah vs. Easter Bread: A Delicious Dilemma

Is there really such a difference in Challah bread or Easter Bread?

Marist College

44085

loaves of challah and easter bread stacked up aside each other, an abundance of food in baskets

StableDiffusion

Ever since I could remember, it was a treat to receive Easter Bread made by my grandmother. We would only have it once a year and the wait was excruciating. Now that my grandmother has gotten older, she has stopped baking a lot of her recipes that require a lot of hand usage--her traditional Italian baking means no machines. So for the past few years, I have missed enjoying my Easter Bread.

Keep Reading...Show less

Adulting

Unlocking Lake People's Secrets: 15 Must-Knows!

There's no other place you'd rather be in the summer.

University of Oklahoma

969430

Group of joyful friends sitting in a boat

Haley Harvey

The people that spend their summers at the lake are a unique group of people.

Whether you grew up going to the lake, have only recently started going, or have only been once or twice, you know it takes a certain kind of person to be a lake person. To the long-time lake people, the lake holds a special place in your heart, no matter how dirty the water may look.

Keep Reading...Show less

family and friends

Recommended for you

100 Little Christmas Things to Make You Smile

A list of Christmas traditions that will make you feel warm and fuzzy

Subscribe to our Newsletter

I have never been so thankful to know you.

Dealing with the inevitable realities of college life.

Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

Keep attending class

Have a backup plan

Remember that everything works out at the end

It's mandatory to have these conversations.

1. What do you do for a living?

2. What's your favorite color?

3. Do you have any siblings?

4. What's your favorite television show?

5. When is your birthday?

6. What's your biggest goal in life?

7. If you had three wishes granted to you by a genie, what would they be?

8. What's your favorite childhood memory?

9. If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

10. Are you a cat or a dog person?

11. Do you believe in a religion or any sort of spiritual power?

12. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

13. What is your ideal date night?

14. Who was/is your celebrity crush?

15. What's a good way to cheer you up if you're having a bad day?

16. Do you have any tattoos?

17. Can you describe yourself in three words?

18. What makes you the most nervous in life?

19. What's the best gift you have ever received?

20. What do you do to relax/have fun?

21. What are your priorities at this phase of your life?

Is there really such a difference in Challah bread or Easter Bread?

Ingredients

Instructions

Ingredients

Instructions

There's no other place you'd rather be in the summer.

A bad day at the lake is still better than a good day not at the lake.

You know the best beaches and coves to go to.

You have no patience for the guy who can't back his trailer into the water right.

Doing the friendly wave to every boat you pass.

The cooler is always packed, mostly with beer.

Giving the idiot who goes 30 in a "No Wake Zone" a piece of your mind.

You have no problem with peeing in the water.

You know the frustration of getting your anchor stuck.

Watching in awe at the bigger, better boats that pass by.

Knowing any swimsuit that you own with white in it is best left for the pool or the ocean.

The momentary fear for your life as you get launched from the tube.

You're able to go to the restaurants by the water wearing minimal clothing.

Having unexpected problems with your boat.

Having a name for your boat unique to you and your life.

There's no better place you'd rather be in the summer.

Trending Topics

Top Creators

Trending Stories

Best of Lifestyle

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments

Subscribe to our
Newsletter