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Top 25 things to do over winter break


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Go sledding.

Have a snowball fight.

Give a present.

Receive a present.

Watch A Christmas Story.

Kiss someone under the mistletoe (and use this as an excuse to do it).

Build a snowman.

Roll in the snow before jumping in the hot tub.

Build a bonfire.

Read a classic novel.

Take five naps in one day.

Eat a bigger breakfast than dinner.

Build a fort with blankets and couch pillows.

Go caroling.

Learn about a holiday you haven’t celebrated.

Build a jump out of snow and go off it in a sled.

Complete a jigsaw puzzle.

Spend more time sleeping in one day than awake.

Volunteer.

Call someone you haven’t talked to in a while.

Roast marshmallows in your fireplace.

Wear a bad holiday sweater.

Host a party.

Join the countdown to the New Year.

Make dinner for someone you care about — whether you can cook or not.


18 Comments

#1 ILoveChristmas
(Barcelona, Spain | Unverified Name)

on December 13, 2008 at 3:34 a.m.
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All of these sound fantastic to me. I would like to add drinking hot cocoa or apple cider on the porch. :)

#2 Rhea
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on December 17, 2008 at 5:11 p.m.
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The best one here is the bad sweater thing. I have, like, a closet full of those -- one for every day of the Winter Break!

#3 areli
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on December 26, 2008 at 7:15 a.m.
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this relly did not help me at all you need to put better things on here the ones you have are not so good you need some thing better then that some thing that is actshaly fun this is not something i would do

#4 mashmouth
(Sartell, MN | Unverified Name)

on December 31, 2008 at 10:52 a.m.
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areli-
You need to relax. You also need to use some punctuation. Also, you need to not be so critical of someone who is actually trying to help others by posting something worthwhile. And it's 'really' and 'actually'. Get a life.

#5 zjzdfjkz
(Severna Park, MD | Unverified Name)

on January 4, 2009 at 4:35 p.m.
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i think you meant to say WASSAILING

#6 ale
(Bainbridge Island, WA | Unverified Name | UW Community)

on January 5, 2009 at 3:54 p.m.
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I think Areli was drunk...

#7 Winterland
(Leiden, Netherlands | Unverified Name)

on January 12, 2009 at 3:47 p.m.
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oeh there are some good ones there that i feel like doing right now! for instance, building a fort with blankets and couch pillows, while reading a classic novel in it and taking 5 naps a day in it and at the end of the day cook a dinner for someone and eat it in the fort and afterwards using the mistletoe hanging in the fort as an excuse to kiss the person!

#8 Hansen
(Carlsbad, CA | Unverified Name)

on November 23, 2009 at 10:08 a.m.
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Great list of things to do this winter! I put together a small list of my top 10 favorite things to do in winter http://resortimetravelers.com/what-to...

#9 jessy
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on December 16, 2009 at 2:53 p.m.
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why not have a snowmachine race or do some pranks? i kno that would be fun

#10 jessbess
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on December 18, 2009 at 6:49 p.m.
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It's a great list but personally i would add hot cocoa and i agree with mashmouth and ale... p.s. ... jessy i would love to do the prank thing.

#11 r
(Toronto, Canada | Unverified Name)

on December 19, 2009 at 10:50 a.m.
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play video games with your kids or friends (Rockband or anything cooperative and interactive) have fun y'all!!!!!

sleep.

#12 Iris
(Topeka, KS | Unverified Name)

on December 23, 2009 at 5:10 p.m.
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great lists of ideas 4 things to do over winter break

#13 Iris
(Topeka, KS | Unverified Name)

on December 23, 2009 at 5:11 p.m.
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its not 5:10 for me,its 7:11

#14 GirlyGirl
(Palo Alto, CA | Unverified Name)

on December 28, 2009 at 3:09 p.m.
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Amazing list! It was fantastic! Keep at it! Maybe you could add ice skating or family game night!? But you don't have to! Your list rocks!

#15 Eric
(Cherry Hill, NJ | Unverified Name)

on December 29, 2009 at 6:29 a.m.
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This did not help at all. All it says is go play in the snow. In fifteen different ways.

#16 bello
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on December 29, 2009 at 1:24 p.m.
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Seems like a 6 yearold wrote this

#17 yup
(Olympia, WA | Unverified Name)

on December 31, 2009 at 11:43 p.m.
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well i banged 12 ho's this winter break. that's how i do it cuzzo.

#18 RIVER TUCK
(Rochester, MI | Unverified Name)

on February 12, 2010 at 8:01 p.m.
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i think the best thing to do is to ether A.Find a awsome game on the computer xbox or something OR B.roast marshmellows in the fire place with hot coco or apple sider ilovechristmas person your rite

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