How To Have Happy Holidays In 90 Ways!

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By Sunshine625

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1. First and foremost...remember the reason for the season!
2. Donate a gift or two to Toys For Tots.
3. Make a New Years Resolution and stick with it!
4. Deck the halls with lots of festive colors and glowing lights.
5. Play Secret Santa at home or at work. Remember it's a secret, so ssshhh!
6. Bake Christmas cookies and eat enough to cause a sugar coma! Not really, but enjoy them!
7. Mail holiday cards to soldiers or a care package filled with seasonal goodies.

8. Go to the local church holiday play, the children will generate a smile for you.
9. Have each family member create an ornament for the tree. Make it a yearly tradition!
10. Place antlers and a red nose on your dog and go for a stroll around your neighborhood while singing Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer! Ignore the weird glances.
11. Watch one or all of the animated holiday specials on TV while eating caramel popcorn.
12. Dress like an elf and visit a children's hospital and pass out candy canes. Clear this good deed with security beforehand.
13. Drive through the seedy part of your city...honk your horn and chant Ho! Ho! Ho! Be sure your car doesn't have a tendency to stall.
14. For those of you with a Wendy's restaurant...enjoy a Frosty while singing Frosty The Snowman!
15. Using food coloring serve green mash potatoes as a side dish or red rice!
16. Wrap a small gift in a small box, place that box in a larger box, and then a larger one. The recipients expression is priceless. Payback is bound to happen when you least expect it.
17. For men: Wear a holiday tie to work.
18. For women: Wear a seasonal brooch to work.
19. Slowly sip some hot cocoa by the fireplace while wearing a snuggie and nothing else! Uh oh!
20. Send e-cards to your internet friends! BlueMountain.com and AmericanGreetings.com both offer free cards!
21. Poke your Facebook friends while singing Jingle Bells!
22. Light up your home so that Santa could spot it from the North Pole! Your power bill might be a bit higher than usual!
23. Pop open a bottle of bubbly and let it flow, let it flow, let it flow.
24. Host a holiday party and make it a requirement that all guests wear either red or green.
25. Be jolly while picking some holly to create a table centerpiece for a holiday meal.
26. Build a huge snowman and take some family photos before the dog relieves himself on it!
27. If you have no snow used shaved ice! Be creative!
28. Give the mail carrier a fruitcake, go ahead I dare you!!!
29. Plant a holly bush in honor of someone you are missing.
30. Place a sign near the chimney for Santa..."ENTER HERE"
31. For men: Go out with two friends and pretend the three of you are wise:)
32. Write a letter to Santa with your requests...all ages apply!
33. On Dec. 23rd text your friends and say "I hope you had a nice Christmas" they'll wonder for a second or two if you have lost it or they missed it! It's worth a shot!
34. Have a snowball fight...all ages apply! No snow? Use white water balloons!
35. Prank phone call Santa and ask to speak to the Easter Bunny!
36. Never allow Grandma to cross the road alone, reindeers aren't the best drivers. We don't want her to get run over!
37. Bake a cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.
38. Stand under the mistletoe wearing only a big red bow and hope your honey is the first one to walk in the front door!
39. Have all your shopping done before Christmas eve!
40. Take the kids to sit on Santa's lap....all ages apply.
41. 12 days before Christmas start drinking to numb the pain of your first post holiday credit card bill!
42. Have all kids toys assembled before Christmas morning and be prepared with batteries. For the toys! No, the childrens toys! Duh!
43. For women: Wear lots of glitter, sequins and sparkles!
44. For men: Dress up as Santa except instead of pants wear holiday boxers and walk around Walmart singing Redneck Christmas by Ray Stevens! Go ahead, I dare you!
45. Give a pet as a gift to someone who will give it lots of TLC (tender, loving, care)
46. Make reindeer food! Place oatmeal and red & green sugar crystals in a shaker container and sprinkle some food on the front lawn.
47. Roast chestnuts by an open fire. Be sure and extinguish the fire when you are done!
48. Nip at Jack Frost's nose! Use your imagination here.
49. Listen to Justin Bieber's Mistletoe song while wearing ear plugs!
50. Spike the eggnog and keep on spiking!
51. Give a gift to a stranger just because.
52. Look confused when someone says "Merry Christmas," enjoy their reaction!
53. Play strip poker using a deck of Coke Santa cards!
54. Tie the knot! Get merrily married!
55. Wear loose fitting clothing. Eat whatever you want. Don't count calories!
56. Take a nightly stroll and admire your neighbors holiday decorations.
57. Continue to believe in Santa, if you do. If you don't, that's ok too!
58. Place random gifts under the tree with no name tags! We all enjoy a surprise!
59. Stomp on your neighbor's roof and make reindeer sounds. Get clearance from your neighbor first or hope that he's not trigger happy!
60. Be naughty and not nice.
61. Be nice and not naughty. The choice is yours!
62. Buy gifts that were "MADE IN AMERICA!"
63. Donate time at a homeless shelter.
64. Offer to decorate an elderly neighbors home or their tree!
65. Create and give away homemade gift certificates. Car wash, walk their pets, mow a lawn, babysit their kids...etc.
66. Go ahead enjoy that extra slice of pie! It's also time to spike that egg nog again!
67. Buy a holiday meal for a struggling family.
68. Support a small business during the holiday shopping season. They will appreciate it!
69. If traveling by car, pay the highway toll for the driver in back of you!
70. If traveling by plane, in mid-flight start a sing-along with the holiday favorite of Here Comes Santa Claus! I wish you luck with that plan!!
71. Do you know a Grinch? Try to convert them! You never know, your plan might work!
72. Start a new tradition!
73. Go on a sleigh ride!
74. Use common courtesy when dealing with the hustle and bustle of the crazed Christmas season!
75. Tis the season to avoid drama and conflict! We can wish it away!
76. Have your family and friends join Facebook that way you can avoid having to write the Christmas newsletter! Does anyone ever really read them?
77. Phone a friend or family member you lost contact with just to say We Wish You A Merry Christmas!
78. Bring a few poinsettia's to a nursing home and help cheer up lonely residents.
79. Be understanding and show compassion for those who aren't in the holiday spirit. Not everyone is expected to be merry this time of year.
80. When in doubt for a gift, purchase a gift card! No returns needed!
81. On Christmas eve wear your cutest pajamas cause you never know who you might bump in to while going for a midnight snack.
82. Drive through town in search of Christmas displays while listening to holiday music!
83. If you know someone who is alone for the holidays invite them over!
84. Try not to stress! Take a walk, go to the gym, remember to relax! If all else fails then continue to spike the eggnog.
85. Plan a family dinner and reminisce about previous holidays. Select the pleasant memories to avoid conflict!
86. Wear tinsel garland as a scarf while dashing through errands and hum fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. You would be considered free entertainment!
87. Take into consideration that this is the most wonderful time of the year (supposedly) so let's eat, drink and be merry! If not oh well, at least you tried.
88. If you decorate a live tree, be sure and tend to it!
89. If you decorate a artificial tree, no tending needed!
90. And to all a Merry Christmas.

Time with family is one of my favorite ways...

Happy Holidays 2007
Happy Holidays 2007
Source: Sunshine

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Just Ask Susan profile image

Just Ask Susan Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

What a fun and awesome list! Ho Ho HO HO!!!

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Lyrickkw Level 1 Commenter 5 months ago

cool hub

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Alecia Murphy Level 7 Commenter 5 months ago

#49 is funny, because that's the only way I probably could listen to it. Great as usual Sunshine!

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fpherj48 Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

Sunshine....90 ways!! It's certain there's something for everyone! I love this list...some funny, some smart, many loving and giving....but all very creative! Even SCROOGE & the GRINCH will find this FUN!!! 'Tis the Season to be Jolly...with your 90 ways to do it, JOLLY is a sure thing!!

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Tis the season for some fun!

Thanks for your comments...Sue, Lyrick, Alecia and Paula!

Ho! Ho! Ho!

mhabemo humtsoe 5 months ago

#83. Hope somebody invites me this christmas...

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

I hope they do also mhabemo! Send them this list and maybe they'll get a clue:)

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barbergirl28 Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

I so have a snuggie.... and I am definately using that one as my way to have a Merry Christmas... as well as spiking the Eggnog, eating myself into a food coma... and who am I kidding... I migth as well break out my daughter's bedazzler and really shine this holiday season!

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi BBG! Wearing glitter and sparkles was my daughters idea...she'll be impressed with you and the Bedazzler! You'll be star this season!:)

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Cogerson Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

Very nicely done. I enjoyed your list of 90 ways to have a Merry Christmas....I would add...when the wind is calm and all my outdoor decorations stay in place...there is nothing worse than a Homer Simpson inflatible breaking loose and moving next door.

On a more serious note....watching my 2 year old watch the rotating Christmas tree...is lots of fun....voted up funny and very interesting.

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RealHousewife Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

This is great:) my eyes skipped a line and I read the : If you're a man: Wear a seasonal brooch to work! LOL I looked again because I couldn't believe it and duh:) oh - I laughed all the way through though so hilarious:).

I usually buy a new ornament with the year one it each season....last time I tried to get crafty I glued buttons to my fingers with my new hot glue gun;) lol

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hey Cogerson..."rocking around the christmas tree" would be a perfect song for a rotating tree!

Hey Real Deal...We also buy or make a new ornament each year, this year we'll be making them. No glue gun required! :))

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Mentalist acer Level 6 Commenter 5 months ago

Send your favorite relative(who you're sure is an alien from a nearby galaxy) a Christmas card...and awesome to do list Sunshine.;)

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Movie Master Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

Number 43 that's for me! It's a great fun list!!

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drbj Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

Thanks, Sunshine, for all these creative ideas. I can relate especially to #16 since I do it almost every year. Wrap a gift in a small box within a larger box within a still larger box. The joke never gets old.

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi Bryan, What a super idea! My relatives inhabit many planets! Thank you!

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi MM, #43 seems to be popular. Be sure and post photos in a hub!

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi drbj, I used to use empty cereal boxes and such, but my kids were onto the prank after a couple of years. I now enjoy the box trick with the grandkids:)

Thank you for the comments!

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carriethomson Level 5 Commenter 5 months ago

aah christmas!! family dinners and lots of delicius stuff to eat umm mouthwatering!!Dinner with family feels like bliss!

-carrie

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi Carrie, I take it that there's no drama at your family gatherings. Enjoy the bliss! :))

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Frank Atanacio Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

Sunshine.. all joking aside.. this was touching some of these things.. no most of these things are do-able.. a fantastic Hub my friend from the Sunshine State... okay now.. joking back in: Play Strip Poker Using a Deck of Santa Clause Cards.. Please! do you want Santa to see me naked?

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago via iphone

Frank...Santa has seen it all!! Lol thank you for stopping by, your comments are always appreciated:)

ThomasRydder 5 months ago

Hi Sunshine!! Gotta tell ya, I just LOVED this..silly girl! Guess I took it too much to heart, though...I decided to try a couple of them. Well...I only got through one, actually-um-well, not all the way through. We have a run-down neighborhood not too far away, see. So, I decided to bring them a little holiday cheer. I lowered the windows and leaned out, crying "HO HO HOOOOO...Merry Christmas!!" It's funny..as soon as the first HO was out, all the women started for the car. It's ok, though...even though I have limited mobility, I can still type. I'll wait until after Christmas to have my lawyer get in touch. :)TR

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi Thomas! Oh the memories...been there are done that many times...the yelling not hoing!! LOL

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Deborah Brooks 5 months ago

How cute,... MERRY CHRISTMAS... I do remember the reason for the season... Christmas is my favorite time of the year.. I love to see my grandchildren s eyes.. so much fun...I voted up and funny

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epigramman 5 months ago

....a most definitive list Miss L ....and a classic song by Frank which leads to my 100th way to have a merry Christmas - be sure to read and enjoy SUNSHINE625 hubs 'all year round' ....... lake erie time ontario 5:59pm

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi Deborah, my granddaughter asked me today what I wanted from Santa...I told her I didn't need anything and she was a confused 5 yr old...I'll have to come up with a better answer when she asks me again tomorrow! Lol Thanks for your comment:)

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Thank you for your sweet comment Epi, you do have a way with words...a poet and you know it:)

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Millionaire Tips Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

Wow I didn't think you would be able to come up with ninety! It's going to be a busy Christmas season!

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago via iphone

Where there's a will there's a way MT but it wasn't easy! :))

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trusouldj Level 3 Commenter 5 months ago

I have a feeling that you love Christmas. Am I right?

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago via iphone

Not love but I appreciate the reason for the season :)

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homesteadbound Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

I think I like number 19 the best ... sounds so soft and warm and snuggly. This is a great list!

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi HSB, #19 does sound nice and it must be for those with a fireplace. I just hope they remember to clean the soot and don't have a fire going when Santa comes to visit:)

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Sharyn's Slant Level 7 Commenter 5 months ago

Hey Sunshine,

Love your list and humor thrown in too. You always make things brighter. Thanks,

Sharyn

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Little Light Level 2 Commenter 5 months ago

Great Hub... loved the list. Such a great mix of ways to enjoy Christmas. : )

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi Sharon and Little Light! Thanks for visiting my festive hub! HO! HO! HO!

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mandymoreno81 5 months ago

I like to sing Christmas carols (with my family) and I volunteer in Salvation Army drives around Christmas. Cookies are my favorite part of Christmas, my mom makes the best gingerbread cookies I could eat those all year long.

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Thank you for sharing Mandy! Good for you! Can your mom send some gingerbread cookies my way?:)

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

6 more days ... Ho, Ho, Ho!

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mrslagibb 5 months ago

Your list made me smile. Full of Fun to share with everyone No's 22-33-40-51-57-63-67-71-83, Is so me, but I can be Naughty, but Nice And Want to sit On Santa's knee. lol.

Perhaps you would like to read my article A christmas wish for everyone to share.

Not Long to go.

Happy Christmas and Happy New year.

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

I like your picks mrslagibb! You and I think alike! lol I enjoyed your Christmas wish, thank you for sharing:)

Merry Christmas.

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itsmonkeyboy Level 4 Commenter 5 months ago

Fantastic hub. Enjoyed reading my way through the list. A lot of fun. Have a very Merry Xmas :)

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago via iphone

Thank you monkey boy! Stop by anytime and bring cake next time:) Merry Christmas to you also!

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itsmonkeyboy Level 4 Commenter 5 months ago

Ha, of course, I shall have to bring some cakes with me next time!

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rogerbamps 5 months ago

Hello Sunshine,I think it is great to read you Hub(;o))

And the great responses!!!Cool picture of the family(((

I invite you and Dave for a virtual country pub visit, somewhere on the internet Highway hahaha...

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Hi Roger! A visit to a country pub sounds wonderful!!! We shall meet you!!! :))

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rogerbamps 5 months ago

It is Okay Alright!!! sweet Country Girl (((((lol ...

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MyFavoriteBedding 5 months ago

Well done, I must say! You are in the Christmas spirit. Great family pictures. I liked #49 and #50:) I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday, but I must ask, how many have you been able to check off your list?

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mrslagibb 5 months ago

Just been going through my mail and picked up your comment. Thank you, perhaps you would like to read A Modern Christmas Carol.

Happy Christmas.

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

My favoritebedding... not many due to lack of time! I'm on it now! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Happy Christmas mrslagibb!

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Eiddwen 5 months ago

Wow this is indeed brilliant and I vote up up and away.

I also send a whole load of Welsh Christmas love to you.

Take care

Eddy.

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago

Thank you for the Welsh Christmas love Eddy!:)

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geegee77 Level 3 Commenter 5 months ago

Merry Christmas my friend, loved this hub soo much.Especially #19;) voted all the way up :) ge

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tammyswallow Level 8 Commenter 5 months ago

What wonderful suggestions for the holidays! I loved it. Great suggestions from a beautiful, glowing, positive, cheery Sunshine!!!

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 5 months ago via iphone

Merry Christmas Santa Tammy!! :)

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MyFavoriteBedding 4 months ago

Good morning, I am wondering which of the 90 things people actually did over the holiday. Which ones where the most popular etc...

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Sunshine625 Hub Author 4 months ago

MyFavoriteBedding...I'm thinking it might have been #6! lol

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PDXKaraokeGuy Level 8 Commenter 4 months ago

91. wear ONLY a snuggie with your spouse while watching A Christmas Story. trust me... (you only get about half way through the movie)

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