By ABBY RICHWINE
It’s that time of year again. The weather becomes frosty, houses are covered in lights, and everyone is pulling out the festive wrapping paper! It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Christmas!
But sometimes you get tired of the same old thing: put up the tree, wrap the presents, open the presents. The season starts to feel stale if you keep the same traditions. You start to wonder, isn’t there something else I could do? Here’s a suggestion: start a new tradition. This is how to make the holidays more enjoyable for you and others too!
- Christmas Caroling!
This is an old tradition that goes all the way back to the fourth century in Rome! The tradition began from the Christians that wrote the songs. Although it is not so common during the seasons in Milton-Freewater, this is a great way to bring joy and surprise to others who may be feeling like a bit of a Christmas Scrooge. It isn’t too difficult a task to just gather together some friends and sing the loving and traditional (or funny and non-traditional) songs to set Christmas spirit into the hearts of others. You could go to relatives or even strangers’ homes and ring the doorbell. Also, you could go for a flash mob sort of move by singing something with a group in a nursing home or mall.
2. Baking.
Sometimes you just have to get some Christmas snacks to savor all of the special events. (Or you’re just bored at home and really hungry.) Nothing is as pleasurable as opening the oven to the sweet aroma of freshly-baked cookies. One fun recipe is called, Grinch crinkle cookies. You can find a link to the recipe on our newspaper website.
3. Decorate your room.
Cutting out snowflakes, decorating a tree, making homemade stockings are all fun ways to step up the holidays. Add some Christmas music, hot chocolate, and a few friends to help you, and you can cover your room with fun decorations. One fun project is cutting out snowflakes and stringing them around your room to make it look like a winter wonderland! You could also customize your wall and hang up stockings with your friends’ and family members’ names on them. If you want, you could even draw pictures of memories or symbols that represent your friends!
4. Christmas baskets!
“We rise by lifting others.” -Unknown.
Milton-Freewater has had the Christmas basket project to help those can’t afford a perfect Christmas dinner for their family. There are actually two Christmas basket programs in Milton-Freewater; one is organized by the Kiwanis and Elks Club, and the other is put on by a number of local churches. Both need volunteers to help put together and deliver baskets to people in need.
When it comes to Christmas, if you find yourself getting too caught up in all the Christmas sales and gift wrapping, try something new! Get out and build a snowman or spend some time with friends and family because they are what matter most.
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