The 12 Dates of Christmas

How do you have Holiday Christmas traditions that don't include any children? This has been kind of a hard one for me. Being a newly wed and in the pre-baby time, I have been searching for great ways to celebrate and build up anticipation for Christmas with the two of us. 

Thank you Pintrest for your infinite inspiration! I found this blog that sparked my imagination for a round of the 12 Dates of Christmas. 

If you want to participate and do your own 12 Dates of Christmas, send me an email so I can feature your blog posts along with mine this month!

Our Christmas Dates

1: Pumpkin Party

2: Cinnamon Ornament Making

3: Pick our Tree

3: Decorate the Tree

4: Snowflake Lane 

(A Bellevue tradition these newbies have to check out.)

5: Hot Chocolate Hike

6: Explore Leavenworth for the day 

(A little German town that goes all out for Christmas over here)

7: Drive around looking at Christmas lights

8: Face the crowds and go window shopping

9: Stay in and bake some Holiday goodies

10: Walk around the Bellevue Botanical Garden 

(Excellent Christmas Lights, I'm told)

11: Pick out our 2012 ornament

12: Christmas Movie Night

Last night was our First Date of Christmas: Pumpkin Party. We pureed our roasted pumpkin, roasted the seeds, listened to Chrismas music, and made a low sugar pumpkin bread. I love getting to claim week nights as date nights and spending such sweet time with my man!

 

What kind of Christmas dates (family or couple) do you have planned?