Great Date Ideas: Christmas Themed Dates

Posted on 9 December 2009

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and the holiday is fast approaching. With the hustle and bustle of the festive season pressing in all around, (work parties, ward parties, shopping, cookie and candy making, gift wrapping, etc…) it might seem a little difficult for LDS Singles to find the time to get out and date. No worries, in the spirit of 101 Creative Dates For LDS Singles, here are some Christmas-themed date ideas to keep you going, help you have a great Christmas season, and, who knows, maybe start a tradition!

If one of you has yet to get a tree up and decorated. Spend time getting a tree and decorate it together. Sharing the meaning behind those special ornaments that you have can bring you closer together. Be patient with stringing the lights…that could say tons about you as well!
Bake Christmas cookies, make candy (caramels, choclate truffles, etc…), or other treats together and deliver them to neighbors, friends, elderly ward members, send them to missionaries or to service men/women serving from your ward.
Get outside in the snow and make snowmen or snow angels; go ice skating, go sledding, go tobogganing, or have a snowball fight. Afterward, head inside to warm up with hot cider, wassal, or hot chocolate.
If one of you has an open fireplace, light a fire and roast marshmallows (You can enjoy the marshmallows with hot chocolate, hot cider, wassal, or eggnog) while singing along to Christmas carols
Drive or walk around your local neighborhood enjoying the Christmas lights. If your local temple visitors centers, like Temple Square in Salt Lake City, have lights you can walk around and see; make the time. Check with your community chamber of commerce or visitors center, your town/city might have have organized Christmas light tours that you can drive or walk to view.
Have a picnic in the room where your tree is, turn out the overhead lights, leaving on the Christmas lights and listen to your favorite Christmas Carols.
Go visit Santa and have a picture taken with both of you on his lap. Then, tell him what you want for Christmas (bonus points if you can make him laugh – or blush!) If you are in the stage where your children are spending time together, you can take your kids to see Santa together.
Take in a performance of the Nutcracker at the ballet. (This is a tradition I do with my oldest daughter because she is a dancer…makes for a great daddy/daughter date!)
Take turns reading ‘A Christmas Carol’ to each other (or go see a local performance of the play. And this year, you can go see the movie!)
Take turns reading the Christmas story from the Bible to each other. One version of this is to get a group together, dress up and act it out. (Again, this is something you can do with your children, if your relationship is at that stage.)
Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen or a Toy Drive together.
Shovel the drive way of some one in your area.
Join, or form, a group and go caroling! (Your ward or FHE group is a good place to start!)
If it is offered in your area, take a horse-drawn carriage ride with a thermos of hot chocolate or hot cider.
Make dreidls! (You can find instructions on how to do this throughout the internet.)