Winter Bucket List

Check off your list before Santa checks off his. Instead of sitting in front of a screen this break, gather a few friends and use this list to make some of your best memories yet.

Ilana Williams, Staffer

     Two weeks without school gives one enough time to get out of their comfort zone. Instead of sitting around a fire, gather a few friends and use this list for the best Winter Break yet.

Go caroling

Drink hot chocolate

Play in the snow

Make a gingerbread house

Decorate your room

Make s’mores

See a holiday show in Austin

Go ice skating at Whole Foods

Bake holiday desserts

Spend a day in another city

Host a movie marathon  

Build a fort

Read a book

Sleep in

Spa day

Binge-watch your favorite show

Cook a new recipe

Donate items you no longer need

Go on a scavenger hunt

Learn a new language

Take a nature walk

Go to the Trail of Lights

Visit Mozart Cafe for a light show

Participate in the Alamo Drafthouse Quote-Along

Re-watch childhood Christmas movies

Decorate a tree on the side of the road

Make your own holiday jingle

Create a DIY snow globe

Put together a puzzle

Drive around the neighborhood and look at Christmas lights

Host a gift exchange

Watch a theater holiday production

Drink eggnog

Feed a reindeer

Attend an ugly sweater party

Send holiday cards

Take a family photo

Make paper snowflakes and hang them around the house

Have a snowball fight

Volunteer at a soup kitchen

Try a new restaurant

See a new movie

Play a board game

Learn magic tricks

Make a new tradition

Perform a random act of kindness

Attend a hockey game