December 23, 2020 Issue, Page 19 of 26

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HOMETOWN TIDINGS PG9 Acts of kindness: Choose any | lights. 1 1 act of kindness and make it Scavenger hunt: Plan holi- happen this Christmas. It can include day-themed trivia questions and hide feeding the hungry or helping a dis- small trinkets for children to find. abled person shop for the season. Surprise box: Put a gender 4 Kids’ Secret Santa: Spread 1 7 and age nonspecific gift into the joy of giving by having a box. On Christmas Eve or Christmas the kids choose a sibling or friend’s Day, the person who finds a hidden gift name from a hat and purchasing or tag under their chair at dinner gets to making a gift for that person. open the box. 4 Hand out hot chocolate: | Family portrait: Wear your Make a big thermos of hot holiday finery and pose for chocolate and give it out to shoppers a portrait that actually will be printed or workers who have been out in the and framed. cold. ounting down to Christ- sing or perform their favorite tunes 4 Read religious stories: Un- mas Day means many dif- for an audience. Take it on the road to derstand the true meaning ferent things to people a nearby nursing home. of the season by reading Biblical pas- across the globe. Although families likely have several different Dine out: Take a break from cook- 5 ing, shopping and hosting and 15 sages. Camp-in: The first night the traditions they anticipate each year, stop into a restaurant you've been tree is decorated, allow the kids to sleep it can be fun to incorporate some new meaning to try. Keep it local to sup- beside it under the glow of Christmas merrymakers into the festivities. Here port nearby businesses. are some festive ideas to include in the Adopt a child/family: Volunteer days leading up to Christmas — a spe- 6 with a charitable organization cial family calendar of fun finds. that provides for less fortunate fami- Annual memento: Have the kids lies. Answer the Christmas desires of a or adults make one new hand- needy child or family by purchasing an made ornament each year. This way item on their wish lists. the tree is always evolving, and every- See the sights: Pack the children one can track milestones. 7 into the family car to tour near- P&M Auto Service Center Cookie day: Devote one day to by areas and look at Christmas lights Mack Pruitt/Owner ¢ 580.225.0014 making Christmas cookies. Invite displays. Bring along cookies and hot 604 N. Van Buren, Elk City friends or family members over. Dis- chocolate. tribute some cookies to elderly neigh- Trim a tree: Get together with Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! THRU TUBING bors. adult friends at a tree-trimming Holiday classic: Spend a night in party. Rotate the hosting house each and watch a classic Christmas flick year. you've never seen before. Streaming Play dress-up: A gentleman can movie services often put classics and dress up as the man in red and obscure titles into rotation during the pop into a friend’s holiday gathering. holiday season. | Wilderness walk: Enjoy the Christmas concert: Host a gath- crisp air and snow and see a ering of children where they can local park from a winter perspective. 1501 E 20th St, Elk City, OK 73644 - 580-225-6977