Think of events you can do for December and Christmas to bring you and your family and friends closer together. Baking cookies or candies with a good friend is one of my favorite Christmas rituals. We bake them to give away as gifts, so it is often an all weekend activity like a tiny cookie factory. It takes more time than money. We always play the game of having “high standards” and not allowing any slightly imperfect cookie or candy leave the kitchen (we of course, eat the imperfect ones…
funny how there are a lot of them). We put on music, we talk, make a complete and utter mess, wrap the gifts together to make them as pretty as possible but the best part is having a wonderful time together.