A festive recreation of Walker Hayes’ “Fancy Like Christmas” complete with egg nog, matching pajamas, “Home Alone”, an Applebee’s gift card, and more!

A fun evening featuring the beloved black-and-white, stop-motion Christmas film that aired on WGN-TV in 1956 and became a Chicago-area tradition complete with Christmassy Chicago-style hot dogs, mochas (Coco + Joe), hard rock Christmas albums, and more!

A cherished evening celebrating the Reason for the Season at church with candlelit carols, children's plays, and more!

A quaint but heartwarming evening spent cozying up with Christmas cocktails and listening to Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" then playing a wonderful Sherlock Holmes Christmas-themed digital escape room.

A fun family date featuring a "Letters to Santa Claus" book, J.R.R. Tolkien's "Letters from Father Christmas", and adopting a child's Letter to Santa via the USPS' "Operation Santa".

A festive and cheery family date spent learning about how red and green became the colors associated with Christmas as well as menus and activities abounding in the two colors!

A date celebrating the many variations of Christmas stories that exist by reading Luke 2 in the Bible, cooking a menu inspired by “A Christmas Story”, reading “Hercules Poirot’s Christmas” by Agatha Christie, and more!

A cherished Christmas tradition with candlelit carols, children’s plays, and a whole lot of cuteness.

A relaxing Christmas date of holiday cocktails, holiday LoFi, Christmas puzzles, and more!

A holiday date celebrating Christmas trees including a holiday episode of "Frasier", fir-ry socks, Scotch cocktails, the"10 Most Famous Christmas Trees in the World", and more!

A romantic holiday evening inspired by Plum Pudding including homemade plum pudding, plum wine, and the movie "Murder She Baked: Plum Pudding".

A fun Christmas date featuring the often unknown La Befana: The Good Christmas Witch including her Italian history, finding the hidden broomstick, and a menu of her f”, and a menu of her favorite foods!

A fun Christmas outing featuring the Germanic American Institute of St. Paul and their holiday open haus including gluhwein, applekuchen, and more!

A relaxing and easy evening celebrating Jolabokaflod (the Icelandic Book Flood), including the history of how books came to be an iconic part of Iceland's Christmas traditions

A fun and festive date celebrating all things "mistletoe" including the history of the iconic symbol, a "Mistletoe" cocktail, and putting on some fuzzy socks to watch "Die Hard" in an activity known as "Missile Toes"!

A cozy Christmas date learning the history of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" as well as playing out the elements from making sugared plums to hanging the stockings with care.

A nostalgic day spent paying homage to some great Christmas movies including elements from "The Grinch", "A Christmas Story", "Home Alone", "The Polar Express", and more!

A comforting evening paying homage to Christmas carols by roasting chestnuts over an open fire, playing an Alternative Christmas Titles Quiz, and playing plenty of one's favorite Christmas carols.

A fun and easy date inspired by one and only Santa Claus including Santa Claus strawberries, a milk and cookies cocktail, and (of course!) a viewing of “The Santa Clause”.

A cozy and easy evening of shaking up a couple of holiday cocktails and piecing together a wintry puzzle while listening to some Christmas LoFi music,