Holiday Dating
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10 Fun Holidate Ideas
The holidays are one of the most romantic times of the year. Find that special someone online and celebrate with one of these special first-date holidates.
Let's face it; the holidays are the most romantic time of the year ... and the worst time to be single. All those corny commercials, Christmas songs and Lifetime movies just leave you wishing for a cuddle buddy to sip some hot cocoa with.
That's why instead of waiting for your New Year's resolution to get back in the dating scene, you need to step up your game and get on a fun online dating site to find a holiday sweetheart now!
Here at NextAdvisor, we've come up with a list of 10 fun "holidates" perfect for wooing that special someone in this most wonderful time of the year.
1. Go Ice Skating. Holding hands, keeping each other warm, helping the other up when he or she falls down, giggling at each other's uncoordinated leg movements. The possibilities are endless when you combine cold, ice and large blades attached to your feet. There's no better or easier way to flirt it up during the holidays than out on the ice.
2. Make Holiday Treats. Not many things are more satisfying than eating your very own delicious creation, and doing that with a certain someone can be extremely romantic, not to mention a great bonding experience. So get your aprons out, put on some music and get cookin'! Gingerbread houses, s'mores, Christmas cookes and everything else that screams, and tastes, like the holiday to you can all be on the menu.
3. Pick out Trees Together. Smell is the biggest memory trigger, and the nostalgia of Christmases past that comes with that magnificent pine has the ability to bring back great memories and happiness! Go around to your local tree lots and pick out the perfect addition to your living room, together! Smelling the smells, admiring the leaves, and laughing at the poor guy who can't get the tree on his car (it's obviously TOO big) is a fun way to spend time together and create memories of your own.
4. Decorate for the Holidays. After you get that tree, decorate it together! This is a great chance to put on some of your favorite tunes and twirl around the tree as you hang pretty lights and ornaments while drinking champagne. Don't have a tree? Decorate your walls with stockings. Put up blue and white lights for Hannukah. If there's snow outside, build a snowman together — all of these are bound to provide laughter and fun.
5. Go Snowboarding, Skiing, or Sledding. If you live somewhere with lots of snow, going on a snow sports date can be the perfect icebreaker, literally. Since you are doing a more extreme activity, there will be a lot of bonding. Talking on the lift, laughs, triumphs and perhaps even failures, which you are experiencing together of course. Not into the high velocity stuff? Go cross-country skiing to enjoy the scenery, maybe even go sledding or tubing! All of these are super fun things to do on a date, especially when you get to reward your date with a hot glass of cocoa when it's over.
6. Take a Walk Among the Lights. Anywhere you live, there is bound to be a street or neighborhood that goes all out come holiday time. Take your date on a walk through one of these neighborhoods and admire all the seasonal scenery. You can even go to a town's tree lighting ceremony, go to a park where they are hosting a Christmas event or check out festive storefronts. Don't forget to stop at a coffee shop beforehand and grab a nice hot beverage!
7. Watch Movies. It may seem generic, but there is no better time to cuddle up, eat some warm popcorn, drink something hot and throw on a couple of flicks. It's a simple, yet romantic, low-pressure date. Make it even more festive by putting on some holiday-themed movies!
8. Have an Anti-Holiday Party. If you both share a great dislike for the season, celebrate the fact that you have found each other by having a two-person anti-holiday bash. Watch horror movies, eat foods that people would never eat on the holidays, and rock out to some heavy metal instead of Christmas radio — that'll show em'!
9. Volunteer Together. 'Tis the season to give back! Show your date that you are a giving individual and organize a day where the both of you volunteer somewhere. It could be at a volunteering at a homeless shelter's soup kitchen, helping to organize a toy and gift drive, stocking shelves at a canned-food drive or whatever puts you in the holiday spirit — the possibilities are endless!
10. See a Holiday Show. Take your date on a classy night out and see a fancy holiday show like "The Nutcracker" or "A Christmas Carol". Or perhaps your date isn't into the fancy stuff; in that case, support the arts and go to a local play or musical. Either way, your dressy attire or just the beautiful music and performances will surely set the stage for a winter romance.
Whether you're spending lots of cash on the slopes or keeping it low key by strolling through the decorative streets, your holidate is bound to be romantic and filled with winter cheer. Need help finding a date? Check out an online dating site like Chemistry.com or Match.com! You are sure to find a holiday sweetheart that wants to experience what the season is all about — love!
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