Christmas Advent Calendar Activities You'll Actually Want to Do

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This is our first year with a Christmas advent calendar because I plan to hold Santa coming over my kids’ heads for every single day in December and a visual reminder works best, ya know?! KIDDING. But seriously, I loved counting down the days until Christmas every year as a kid and my kids are old enough to kind of “get it” this year.

We need absolutely no more junk/trinkets/toys/treats in our house, so the idea of filling each day with a tiny toy or piece of candy was completely unappealing to me. Instead, I’m going to fill each day with a fun Christmas activity. But nothing crazy like this gem: “Visit a local farm and talk about what it must have been like for Mary and Joseph to have a baby in a stable.” – seriously, that was on another website as an advent activity. #nothanks, not really trying to explain unmedicated labor in a manger to my 4 year old.

Here’s a list of easy, simple, non-annoying Christmas advent calendar activities you’ll actually want to do: