I've seen a few great lists of Christmas/winter activities lately so I've been working on compiling one of my own.

I think it would be fun to eventually come up with 24 so you could do an activity advent calender. Much more fun than the crappy chocolate ones I think. Which likely means that my kids will be begging me for cardboard calendars in the future.

So far I've got:

• Go to Parliament Hill to see the lights. Perhaps also partake of a beaver tail and hot chocolate (it's hard work staring at twinkly lights)
• Acknowledge Sinterklaas on December 5th (Dutch. Do checkout info on his sidekick the awesomely un-PC "Black Peter")
• Make this eggnog (maybe with less rum for the kid. Toddlers never appreciate the expensive stuff anyway)
• Bake speculaas (very Dutch)
• Bake lebkuchen (I'm mostly Scottish but all my Christmas traditions are German, long story)
• Watch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (the original. Obviously.)
• Watch "Elf" (I might be the only person who considers this a classic. From 2003.)
• Go to ByWard Market for the Christmas Market (try not to whine too much about the lack of glühwein)
• Make mulled wine and/or hot cider (stop whining about inability to drink it while shopping in public)
• Get and decorate a tree
• Make ornaments with the kid for her to give as Christmas presents (look forward to watching mixed emotions on the faces of family members: "That's so sweet!", "Do I really have to keep this and put it on my tree?")
• Read "The Night Before Christmas" (be all badass and do this before Christmas Eve)
• Listen to Christmas music (resist buying the soundtrack to "A Chipmunk Christmas". There will be regrets.)
• Make toddler-appropriate Christmas decorations (Imma gonna get all crafty with paper chains and snowflakes. Note: need to purchase toddler-proof scissors.)
• Go sledding (weather permitting/cooperating)
• Go snowshoeing (ditto above)
• Go skating (yup, ditto)

Anyone have other good ideas?