The most wonderful time of the year! I absolutely love this magical season. It’s the perfect time of year to cuddle up with a good book or spend time eating delicious food while celebrating with your loved ones. Yule is a time for celebrating nature and its many changes. Plants die off and animals hibernate to awake again in the Spring. Winter is a time to reflect on how things change and how that change brings about new hope and opportunities.

To me, this time of year is all about family. Taking a step back during the cold months to be thankful for what you have and also to celebrate it. Celebrating the health of your loved ones and how much you appreciate having them in your lives. While gift giving is a big way of showing love and admiration this time of year, making memories and practicing traditions is just as important.

Winter Bucket List

1. Make hot chocolate

2. Make paper snowflakes

3. Have a Hallmark movie marathon

4. Take a relaxing hot bath

5. Bake cookies

6. Decorate a gingerbread house

7. Drive around and look at Christmas lights

8. Make a blanket fort

9. Make a craft with pine cones

10. Bake a Yule log cake

11. DIY potpourri

12. Decorate for Christmas and Yule

13. Send out holiday cards to loved ones

14. DIY scrubs and face masks

15. Try out a new recipe

16. Enjoy the cold weather

17. Make soup from scratch

18. Journal a review of the year and intentions for the new year

19. Take family photos

20. Make homemade peanut brittle