Monday, August 25, 2025

August Rudolph Day


What's Rudolph Day? Here is the definition according to Organized Christmas:
A few years ago, members of our Christmas community began to observe "Rudolph Day" on the 25th of each month.
On that day, we take a few moments to plan some simple tasks for the month ahead, in order to get ready for Christmas Day with plenty of time to spare. By starting early--and working a bit at a time on each month's Rudolph Day--it's easy to prepare for Christmas, save money on gifts, and cut holiday stress.
Here's the annual line-up with the sub-theme in parentheses:

January - Tie Up Loose Ends (gather ideas and organize your Christmas notebook)
February - Begin a Holiday Letter
March - Birthday Gift-Buying Strategy (party planning for the holiday season)
April - Plan Holiday Crafts 
May - Catalog Shopping Tips
June - Recipe Round Up
July - Choose a Holiday Plan (Christmas in July celebration)
August - Craft Control (thinking ahead to Elf on the Shelf)
September - Prepare for Holiday Gifts and Giving
October - Plan Holiday Meals
November - Write Holiday Letter

The bottom line is...prepare for Christmas by doing something every month and make the 25th of each month a Rudolph Day by doing something Christmas-y!  This month, it's time for some craft control - get those supplies organized and ready for any craft projects you plan to complete before Christmas.  For those of you who have fun with the little guy or gal in the red suit, it's time to think about what mischief he or she will get up to in December.

This has to be one of my favorites from our Elf in the Shelf days:


My Christmas group (Magical Holiday Home Forums) has a hostess for each Rudolph Day who puts up suggestions for the month.  August's hostess recommends the book The Man Who Invented Christmas by Les Standiford and a vintage Good Housekeeping Cookbook.  She had a couple of questions for the group, and my answers are below:

1. Do you change up your holiday decorating theme each year or keep it the same?

It's pretty much the same - I have a mish mash of all sorts - things we've had since Sophia was little, things my Mum made, no real theme running through my decorations other than lots of red and green.

2.  Share a memory of Christmas from growing up.

I think I've shared this before but as I have a few new readers, here it is again.  My parents always locked the living room door when we went to bed on Christmas Eve.  I think that came from the year the babysitter and I unwrapped all the presents and, unsuccessfully, tried to re-wrap them!  I have always been an early riser on Christmas morning, and my parents didn't want me to be celebrating on my own before anyone else was awake!  So, the door was locked and Christmas morning, my sister and I are frantically waiting for the door to be unlocked but my dad made a big to-do about not being able to find the key!  It took FOREVER (probably 5-10 minutes but that's forever to us being 9 and 3 years old at the time).  Finally, the key was discovered and Christmas morning commenced.  Come to find out several years later, the key was never lost but Mum couldn't find the flashbulbs so Christmas could not begin until she had the camera ready!  Flashbulbs, that's how long ago this was, LOL.


3.  What's your favorite holiday drink?

I splurge on a couple of Starbucks drinks during the holiday season - chestnut praline latte usually but I have enjoyed the eggnog latte, and they used to have a gingerbread latte.  For cold drinks for celebrations, I love to modify mimosas with cranberry juice or with a liqueur like Chambord.

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