Each day leading up to Christmas, you are encouraged to take a mini-mission to spread joy! Count down the days leading up to Christmas by Giving, Serving, and Helping others (including others in your own family). As you celebrate by sharing "acts of kindness", (you and others) will experience the true meaning of this glorious season - Jesus.
It is simple. Take time to review the following tasks as a family. Feel free to do something different than what is listed below or to do different acts on different days. Leave a "Random Acts of Christmas Kindness" card each time you perform an act. Remember to pray for the family or people that you serve. Have fun, celebrate Jesus, and be a blessing to others!
December:
1st. Gather old coats from your closet and take them to participating shelters.
2nd Practice the gift of listening: As you and your family go about the day practice not interrupting, not day
dreaming-just listening as you interact with others.
3rd Buy a hot cocoa or coffee for Salvation Army bell ringers.
4th Read Jesus' birth accounts as a family (Matthew 1:18-25, Matthew 2:1-12; Luke 1:26-38: Luke
2:1-20). Have fun and enjoy and evening together.
5th Fill a few Christmas bags for Good Samaritans.
6th Send a card and a Christmas gift packed to a soldier who is overseas.
7th Bake and deliver Christmas cookies to local teachers.
8th Offer to buy a pack of gum or mints for the checkout clerk at the grocery store.
9th Tape candy canes and Christmas notes to ATM's, vending machines, etc.
10th Go to the Christmas parade. Celebrate the joy of Christmas with your community. Consider inviting
another family to go along with you.
11th Invite a neighbor family over for to your house for Christmas coffee and dessert.
12th Pray for your neighbors and your community.
13th Write short thank-you notes to those who have made a positive difference in your life.
14th Leave quarters at a public laundromat with a "Merry Christmas" note attached.
15th Collect canned goods in your neighborhood for a church pantry or John 3:16.
16th Take your family to visit a local nursing home. Sing Christmas carols. Shake hands. Spread Christmas
cheer.
17th Set up a "helping task force"- take back shopping carts, hold open doors for rushed and weary
shoppers.
18th Watch a Christmas movie together as a family.
19th Leave a basket of food to help with dinner in the doorstep of a family that needs it.
20th Greet as many people as possible today by saying "Merry Christmas".
21st Call as many friends as possible and wish them a Merry Christmas.
22nd Buy coffee for a stranger at a local coffee shop or restaurant.
23rd Leave a present in your mailbox for your mail carrier.
Christmas Eve: Take a Christmas surprise to an all-night drug store employee.
Christmas Day: Deliver something special to folks who are working and/or recovering at the hospital.
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