With all this talk about Christmas in July, I decided to have a mini-Christmas at home with the kids. I gave a brief thought to inviting friends and making it a real pary, but then decided that simple and sweet was better for us this year. It was really quite simple…
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We had a really great day and the kids were TOTALLY surprised. It was so funny — when my five year old woke up, he just looked at the tree and said, “I am SO glad it is Christmas!”
We have already been told by our oldest about 150 times that she hopes that we can do this every year — and I think it is a great idea. I think in the future, with more time, it could be a totally fun day (though I did love the simplicity of this year.) Here are some of the things I have thought of, especially trying to think about how to make a winter holiday a summer one (maybe you Aussies can give us some ideas!)
- Homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream with red hots
- Red and green popsicles
- Grilling a ham
- Turkey Burgers
- Peppermint iced lattes
- Red and Green Kool Aid
- Put up an inflatable palm tree
- Make cookies for friends and deliver them
- Snowmen Shaped pizzas
…oh the ideas keep coming!
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So have any of you celebrated Christmas in July with your family or friends? What did you do? Any fun ideas we should try?
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And what would the day be without a page to remember it by?
Credits: papers by Amber Clegg (RUSH), Palm Tree by Emily Merritt (Balmy Christmas), stitching by Syrin, stamped alpha by Nancie Rowe Janitz, fonts are CK Ali’s Writing and Typewriter Scribbled
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[...] by sarasusybob in celebrations. Leave a Comment Having read a blog post this a.m., I was inspired to plan our own Christmas in July party. Anna jumped on the bandwagon and [...]
How funny – I was recently thinking that we really didn’t celebrate birthdays well this year so we should have one big ‘unbirthday’ party for all of us, or assign each one of us a special day this summer and celebrate accordingly. Christmas in July sounds like just as much fun!
I am totally doing that!! What a great idea!!! And next week is my kids’ last full week of summer vacation (they go back Aug 6th) so that would be such a fun way to round out the summer!!
Such a fabulous idea. As an Aussie living in America, I would love to have my children experience a warm-weather christmas.
A few ideas: Chistmas cake ice cream http://www.thechristmascake.com/recipes.html
An Aussie Night before Christmas (Santa wear shorts, flip flops and drives a truck)http://www.bookworm.com.au/Book/An-Aussie-Night-Before-Christmas-9781865046532.aspx
And of course a nice cold beer left out for Santa.
So very, very creative–tks so much for sharing this fun day and layout w/us!
Leslie
Fabulous! I think we’ll try this next year! Course have to stock up on the falling snow this winter! And I love the ice cream idea. What a great idea for a late July day! And a great excuse to get a few small gifts for the kids!