The Best Christmas Bucket List: 100+ Ideas To Celebrate

Get the most out of this jolly season with our favourite Christmas bucket list activities.

Looking for ways to make this holiday season extra fun and memorable?

Start with our favorite Christmas bucket list!

We’ve put together 100+ holiday activities that you could enjoy with friends, family, by yourself or with your favourite pet.

These activities are suitable for anyone who wants to be extra festive this Christmas season. From outdoor activities like a visit to a reindeer farm, something crafty, or an out-of-town adventure, you’ll have plenty of options and jam-packed calendar.

And don’t worry, this Christmas bucket list is budget-friendly and easy on the wallet. But of course, we’ve also added some splurge-worthy activities for those who want to be more extravagant.

100+ Christmas Bucket List Ideas

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1. Visit a Christmas market
2. Go ice skating under the snow
3. Decorate a gingerbread house
4. Watch classic holiday movies
5. Attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony
6. Volunteer at your local food bank or a cause that you care about
7. Make homemade ornaments
8. Make peppermint bark
9. Go to a Christmas Eve church service
10. Pack a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child

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11. Get creative and gift wrap all your Christmas gifts
12. Drive around to see beautiful Christmas lights
13. Donate to Christmas charities
14. Buy yourself a Christmas gift
15. Spoil yourself to a luxurious advent calendar
16. Go sing some Christmas carols
17. Read a holiday-themed book
18. Decorate your home with Christmas decor and festive lights
19. Host a holiday board game night
20. Create a scrapbook of your favourite holiday memories
21. Go snowboarding up the mountains
22. Make your own DIY advent calendar

23. Make a hot chocolate topped with marshmallows and candy cane sprinkles
24. Go see The Nutcracker ballet concert
25. Go ice fishing
26. Attend a holiday concert
27. Create a solo activity list for January
28. Dress up in festive colors and style for Christmas
29. Make your own gingerbread house and village from scratch

30. Make your own ugly Christmas sweater
31. Journal your winter holiday experience
32. Host a white elephant gift exchange party
33. Start your own knitting project like making your own scarf and hat
34. Dance around the Christmas tree
35. Have a family Christmas photoshoot
36. Organise a book rotation with your friends or colleagues
37. Create your own punch needle Christmas coasters
38. Go snowshoeing in the wilderness
39. Rent a log cabin and stay off the grid for the weekend
40. Create a holiday playlist

41. Attend a holiday popup market
42. Make your own Christmas cards and mail them out to friends and family
43. Make Christmas popcorn
44. Paint your nails with festive colors and designs
45. Experience drinking vodka in an ice room
46. Go winter camping in the wilderness
47. Take yourself on a solo date
48. Make a Christmas-themed charcuterie board
49. Visit a reindeer farm
50. Host an ugly Christmas sweater karaoke party
51. Enjoy an outdoor thermal spa experience under the snow
52. Go on a winter hike (remember to wrap up warm!)

53. Go on a silent retreat
54. Write a letter to yourself
55. Go dog sledding
56. Make candy cane crafts
57. Have a Christmas PJ party
58. Create a personalised stocking for everyone in your family, including your pets
59. Go on a Christmas cruise
60. Build a snowman
61. Video call friends and family to wish them happy holidays
62. Write a letter to Santa
63. Kiss your loved ones under the mistletoe
64. Knit a sweater for your pet

65. Attend a Christmas flea market
66. Host a Secret Santa gift exchange party
67. Attend a Christmas Eve candlelight service
68. Go to a Christmas parade
69. Learn a new holiday recipe
70. Take a photo with Santa at the mall
71. Do a cold water plunge under the snow
72. Try Elf of the Shelf
73. Plan your New Year resolutions
74. Drink mulled wine with blue cheese
75. Roast a turkey with your favourite stuffing and side dishes
76. Bake holiday cookies like gingerbread cookies, Christmas themed sugar rolled cookies and raspberry thumbprint cookies 

77. Go to an outdoor Christmas market
78. Donate toys to a local charity
79. Go tobogganing
80. Go play curling
81. Put on some soft music and meditate by the fireplace
82. Go Christmas shopping
83. Enjoy a Starbucks holiday drink that’s only available during the holiday season
84. Write personalised Christmas cards to friends and family
85. Join a Santa pub crawl
86. Enjoy a day of digital detox
87. Make your own Christmas wreath

88. Make a snow angel
89. Go snowboarding in the French Alps
90. Decorate a Christmas tree
91. Make hot cider
92. Make your own snow globe
93. Leave cookies and milk by the Christmas tree for Santa
94. Make your own eggnog
95. Treat yourself to some Boxing Day shopping
96. Start your vacation planning for the new year
97. Make Christmas cocktails or mocktails
98. Listen to Christmas music for the whole of December
99. Make your own Christmas socks
100. Get creative and make a non tree Christmas tree
101. Roast marshmallow by the fireplace (or by a campfire if you’re out in the wilderness)
102. Visit a Christmas light show

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