What one FREE thing will you do this year for the December holidays?

**Trishagirl** · 12-01-2010, 04:55 PM

We went to see the Philharmonic the tickets were only $8 very worth it! We're going christmas caroling & giving out baskets with our church next week and we're going to hand out some homemade scarves to people in need should be fun!

**Luv2BeFrugal** · 12-01-2010, 07:57 PM

We always spend an evening with our best friends stringing popcorn and watching Christmas movies.

**BlissMommy** · 12-01-2010, 08:35 PM

I'm giving all the kids hot chocolate and we're going to go down Christmas Tree Lane in our city in the car(you drive thru it).

**flashyMcGee** · 12-01-2010, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by xtena

There are a variety of free or extremely low cost (chipping in some supplies) holiday-related activities and parties in our local homeschooling community.

Listening to Christmas music all day long :-)

Making decorations out of stuff we have on hand, for instance cutting paper snowflakes to tape to the windows

Maybe borrowing or downloading A Christmas Carol and other classics and reading aloud to my daughter?

Christmas in the Park & driving around looking at Christmas lights

**acox68** · 12-04-2010, 11:06 AM

My brother gave my dad some free tickets to a show in Detroit (Celtic Thunder at the Fox Theatre) and my dad invited me and DH. DH was sick, so I went with my dad and his girlfriend to see it. It was so much fun and we had a suite with dinner included. Guess who we shared a suite with? Chuck Woolery from the dating game and wheel of fortune! I didn't get a chance to meet him but my dad did and said he seemed like a nice guy. So, that was my nice Christmas treat.....great show, great company, great food.....what more could a girl ask for? LOL

Andrea

**Grayce** · 12-05-2010, 10:06 PM

We always drive around looking at the holiday lights after church on Christmas eve. We make decorating the tea an event. We watch Christmas movies, have some special treats, hot chocolate and watch holiday themed movies.

**marjorie** · 12-10-2010, 06:01 PM

Our city has a Lights on the Lake" presentation, and one night a year you can just walk through for no charge instead of paying to drive through. We also do jingle bell runs with hot cocoa and kids dressed in jammies looking at house lights.

**cab54** · 12-12-2010, 08:55 AM

Hug my family?

**TheresaRHPS** · 12-12-2010, 05:49 PM

We always watch the 24 hour marathon of A Christmas Story starting Christmas Eve. We're having some friends over, and while that plays over and over in the background, we'll be playing some board games.

**druthb00** · 12-12-2010, 09:09 PM

We watched the boat show last night from our balcony. It was insane to see how many people it drew just from around the complex. There's two other buildings here that aren't on the water and so many of them came down to the fire pit that's bay side to watch the show. There must have been 50-75 people down there. There was probably 30 or so boats in the light show and they all decorated their sailboats/yachts with Christmas lights and decorations. Some of them were playing music...one of which was playing Brick House...of all things LOL. And they just cruised along the bay-wall and then back again about an hour later. It was really neat. I've never seen anything like it before. People seem to go really nuts with lights and things down here...maybe because we don't get snow like most people? Or maybe because it's easier to put lights and things up when it's not -10 out and icy on the roof.

**frugalfranny** · 12-13-2010, 02:18 AM

I am going for sure...just not sure the friends will go........but have invited them to come along with me and enjoy.....

The eagles come in at Coeur d'Alene lake this time of year and I am going over to watch them. Not sure when.......would like to go during the week.......less people.