 Christmas
in July - Merry Christmas, July 25!
What holiday is more fun than Christmas? Christmas
celebrated in July, of course! If you live in snow country,
travel is much easier for Christmas in July and there's
no snow to shovel from the walks or
driveway. You can celebrate outdoors in your yard,
on your deck or around the pool, or take your Christmas
in July celebration on the road to your favorite beach
or picnic spot. Christmas in July is lots of fun for
campers or family camping fun.
 Here
are some fun ways to celebrate Christmas in July.
- Play Christmas party
games.
- Make Christmas decorations from plants, leaves,
flowers, and twigs.
- Make and decorate your favorite Christmas cookies.
- Trim a live or artificial tree. Use one that's growing
in your yard, or find a nice tree branch without leaves
and decorate that with flowers, natural ornaments
or ribbons. Hang shells, starfish and fishing lures
for ornaments if you want a tropical Christmas theme.
- Make a garland from paper
decorations and string it up along your porch.
- Decorate the house or garden with your favorite
Christmas lights and decorations. Try some wacky
party lights for a summertime twist - perhaps
red and green chili pepper lights for your Christmas
in July decorations.
- Hang stockings for Santa to fill on July 24, or
to fill with party favors.
- Play Christmas music, or have a Christmas carol
sing-along.
- Printable
Games for Christmas Fun
are always a hit with kids and adults.
- Make
a treat-filled holiday pinata for the kids - pull-string
style.
- Hand out Christmas
coloring books and small packets of crayons -
or fill stockings with these treats.
- Build sand castles instead of snow forts if you
are at the beach or have a sandbox available.
- Enjoy cool chocolate milkshakes instead of hot
cocoa - serve with cookies.
- Freeze lemonade or juice in the shape of Christmas
trees using simple molds, or cut out fun ice cream
shapes using Christmas cookie cutters, then decorate
with red and green sprinkles.
- Bake a ham or turkey ahead of time to serve cold
in sandwiches, or roast one on the grill and serve
warm with red and green lettuce salad, red and green
peppers and cukes with dip, plus potato salad.
- Make Christmas cupcakes - bake cupcakes in flat-bottom
ice cream cones instead of paper liners. Cool, frost
and decorate with red cinnamon candies or crushed
peppermint candy canes.
Igloo Party Dessert
Make a giant igloo dessert from vanilla ice cream.
A day before your Christmas in July party, soften slightly
a gallon of vanilla ice cream and press it into a bowl.
Cover with plastic wrap and refreeze. Just before serving
invert the bowl over a serving tray and wait a few minutes
for the ice cream to loosen from the bowl. Release the
"igloo" ice cream from the mold, then decorate
your ice cream igloo with Christmas cookies and sprinkles.
Serve quickly!
Check out Squidoo for free Christmas
Graphics and Christmas
Coloring Fun to use for favors or to make your own
Christmas in July party invites and decorations.
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