I am so excited about this post, friends! This idea comes straight from my friend and super mom, Kallie Henley. Every December, Kallie creates a 25 Days of Christmas outline for her family, where they do something Christmas-related every day in December. LOVE! So with Kallie’s permission, I’ve used a lot of her ideas, added a few of my own, and given it a local twist to create Frugal Frisco Momma’s 25 Days of Christmas 2019! Use this outline any way you like- follow it to the letter, rearrange (though some events are scheduled for specific days), mix and match, or add your own. The purpose is simply to slow down, celebrate the season, and spend time together as a family during this most wonderful time of the year.

Sunday, December 1- Glow in the dark Christmas music dance party (buy green and red glow stick to wear and put inside white balloons)
Monday, December 2- Game night with Christmas cookies and hot cocoa
Tuesday, December 3- Christmas bingo 
Wednesday, December 4- DIY Candy Cane Snowmen and hot cocoa
Thursday, December 5- Grapevine Parade of Lights
Friday, December 6- Watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas or Elf
Saturday, December 7 
AM- Volunteer (Minnie’s Food Pantry, Frisco Family Services, etc.)
PM- Merry Main Street Frisco 
Sunday, December 8- Visit Santa at a mall, Bass Pro Shop, or Cabela’s
Monday, December 9- Mason jar snow globe craft
Tuesday, December 10- Go look at Christmas lights (try Deerfield Plano)
Wednesday, December 11- Make Grinch cinnamon rolls
Thursday, December 12- Watch The Polar Express or Home Alone
Friday, December 13- Holidays at the Heard Science Museum
Saturday, December 14 
AM- Gingerbread house assembly and decoration
PM- Parade of Lights McKinney Square
Sunday, December 15- Wonder at Gabe Nesbitt
Monday, December 16- Make cards to deliver to a local nursing home
Tuesday, December 17- Make Christmas ornaments
Wednesday, December 18- Make Christmas tree pancakes for dinner
Thursday, December 19- Take Christmas treats to local fire or police station
Friday, December 20- Vitruvian Lights in Addison
Saturday, December 21
AM- Holiday Crafts at The Shops at Legacy
PM- Christmas Spectacular at The Star
Sunday, December 22- Watch The Star
Monday, December 23- Read the Christmas story and eat dinner around/under the Christmas tree
Tuesday, December 24- Attend a Christmas Eve service at your church (or mine) & read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Wednesday, December 25- MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

If you’re a creative and crafty momma like Kallie, you can turn each day’s event into a surprise by creating a garland with laminated note cards. Using a dry erase marker on the cards makes them reusable year after year. So cute!

Photos by Kallie Henley