Category: Christmas Ideas

Christmas Ideas...

12/1/2022

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Christmas Ideas . . .

Caroling – From room to room, department to department or one great big sing-a-long.

Handmade Gifts – In my opinion, The best gifts are handmade with ones personal LOVE. Something as simple as filling an empty jar with candy, or something more elaborate like a knitted scarf or quilt. Use your skills and create a one of a kind gift.

Holiday Baking – The process of baking, decorating and enjoying the finished product can be very therapeutic and enjoyable. Use simple recipes to avoid any frustration and make sure to help with the measuring and mixing.

Holiday Decorating – Put up decorations TOGETHER! Get into the Holiday Spirit of the season and this also help to stimulate High Energy with TONS of Smiles. Make a wreath for your door, room, facility. Use organizers to keep your decorations safe. Here are some ideas
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Holiday Lights – A stroll or ride through the neighborhood or their living environment? A room decorating contest including departments? ...The residents are the Judges? Everyone comes together to decorate EVERYTHING! The perfect opportunity to bring everyone together, chat and spend time together. ...include everyone from residents, their family/friends, staff, staff's family and EVERYONES FRIENDS!

Holiday Traditions – Everyone connects with routines and sharing their holiday traditions from baking a specific type of cookie or cake, making a celebratory meal for breakfast on Christmas day or the day with relatives. Reflection helps ones feel more comfortable and secure in an otherwise uncertain world. Do your best to incorporate routine with holiday traditions. Christmas coloring pages?

Make Some Christmas Ornaments – There are kits to make ornaments or use your own ideas to use resources around you, knit or crochet some or even just put together some things with a hot glue gun, making your own ornaments can be a great activity for everyone and invite families, ...EVERYONE. Here are some ideas:
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Reminiscing – Reminisce of Christmas past with Happy Memories, "Do You Remember Box".

Holiday Cards – Make Christmas or other holiday cards can be a wonderful activity to do with EVERYONE. It’s a great way to show how much you care and also helps to keep mindS active. If you save your old cards, you can cut them up and use those images to paste onto construction paper to make new cards! Here are some ideas:
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Listening to Holiday Music – Sounds of the season can be very calming and soothing. It can also bring back happy memories from years past. Sometimes, some soothing music can relieve a stressful situation which can help everyone. There’s no end to all the holiday music available – Here is some ideas:
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Attend a Holiday Concert – Does your community theater, organizations or churches offer a holiday concert? ...This can be a wonderful activity for them and everyone. If anyone has problems with the over stimulation of large crowds and noise, then consider watching a holiday concert on a DVD or television or Youtube. Plenty of videos with holiday concerts you can enjoy. Here are some ideas:
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Watching Holiday Movies – This is a great way to spend some quality time together while also getting into the holiday spirit.
- Here is a list of some of the most popular holiday movies.
  - It’s A Wonderful Life
  - Miracle on 34th Street
  - Home Alone
  - A Charlie Brown Christmas
  - Holiday Inn
  - How The Grinch Stole Christmas
  - Christmas with the Kranks
  - Nat’l lampoons Christmas vacation
  - Scrooged
  - Christmas Chronicles
  - Christmas in Connecticut
  - Holiday Inn
  - Noel diary

Wrapping Gifts – There are some simple ways to wrap presents, and then there are some very creative ones with fancy bows or in an unusual container. You can get some great gift wrapping ideas here.
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Share Some Love – Call around "ASKING" the Community, Thrift Shops, Churches, Non-Profit Organizations, County/City/State for donations! Activities are a HUGE Budget and who isn't cost conscious? Reach out and let your community know you love Volunteers if this is allowed and any left overs or DONATIONS are most welcome. The holidays tend to bring out the good side in all of us.

Go Shopping – Whether you live near a mall or a small downtown or town center, it will likely be decorated for the holidays. What a wonderful treat to just visit these places, stop for some coffee or tea or do a little holiday shopping. I would just recommend to do this during off hours to avoid over-stimulation. Check out on Google for where to go for any local holiday shopping

Make a Raffle Basket to Auction Off Raising Money for Activities – Fun project where everyone contributes or each one contributes a basket. Each basket relates to the Holiday or Special Occasion.
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Stay Connected – Use technology to stay in touch with friends and family, or join an online support group. Video chats with Echo Show or Facetime, etc. can be a wonderful way to get in touch and keep in touch with loved ones. Echo Show is great for video calls and much more.

Set a Special Table – Christmas dinner or any special holiday dinner deserves a great table setting. Have fun with it and get creative! From the table covering, place setting, napkins, drinks and center piece.
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Board Games – !!!.Christmas.BINGO.!!! or, keep all games fun, simple and this can be a great way for a everyone including family to enjoy their time together. Memory / Simple Activities for Seniors / Dementia Activities & Alzheimer’s Products / Adult Games / Elderly Games / Brain Games / Memory Loss / Brain Teasers / Communication Games / Memory Jogging Activities / Brain Exercises / Simple Puzzle Book with Relaxing Memory Activities for Adults and Senior / Simple Activities For Seniors / Easy Activity Puzzle Book For Dementia / Keeping Busy Expressions Brain Game / Memory Loss / Marble Maze Track Game /101 Puzzles, Games, and Activities for Seniors Volume 1: Large Print, Fun, Easy Activities / Puzzles / Keeping Busy Match the Shapes Brain Game

Dress Up – Make memories with a photo booth. But why not take that tradition and put it on for the holiday itself? So, pick a theme for the holiday dinner and dress up within that theme.
- Here are some ideas…
  - Western wear (I wonder what cowboys at on Christmas day?)
  - Hawaiian Luau complete with grass skirts
  - Victorian outfits
  - The Jetsons!
  - You can get even more creative and plan the holiday meal according to the theme.

Craft Ideas

Christmas Ideas. . .
Slideshow

Party / Decorating

Music

A good hour of good old classic christmas songs

2 Hours of The Best Classic Christmas Songs with fireplace and beautiful background

12 Hours of Beautiful Christmas Music ??? Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin ???

Nat King Cole - "The Christmas Song" (1961)

Games

Surprise Punch Tree

Hot glue solo cups to the poster board and put small gifts in each cup. Cut squares from tissue paper, put over cup opening and secure it with a rubber band. Have fun “punching” tissue paper to discover your surprise.