25 Acts of Christmas Kindness
Are you looking for a way to spread joy this Christmas? Look no further; we compiled a list of random acts of kindness for each day leading up to Christmas that you can use to bless friends, family, or strangers! This list is only a guide, we challenge you to come up with some of your own that fit you and your family.
Pay for someone’s groceries, dinner, or coffee.
Buy or make baked goods for your local first responders.
Offer to help your elderly neighbor get ready for the holidays (put up decorations, grocery run, shop for gifts, etc)
Write a card or have your children color or draw pictures and deliver them to a nursing home or VA hospital.
Offer to watch your friend’s or neighbor’s children while they go shopping or on a date night.
Send a holiday care package to military personnel who won’t be home for the holidays.
Go to your local bakery and pay for a birthday cake that has been ordered.
Bring donuts and coffee to your local hospital for the nurses and staff.
Write an encouraging or kind note and leave for your co-workers.
Invite a college student or someone you know who doesn’t have a place to go for the holidays over for dinner.
Give a compliment to a stranger.
Make homemade cards with uplifting messages to be sent to children in hospitals throughout the nation. Visit cardzforkidz.com for more information.
Shovel the snow from someone’s driveway or sidewalk.
Load a gift card and leave with the cashier at the gas station to fill up someone’s tank.
Bless a family with Christmas presents who may have experienced financial hardships
Volunteer! There are numerous places looking for volunteers during the holidays.
Give your friend or someone you know a bible or devotional book.
Return someone’s shopping cart for them.
Donate supplies to a local animal shelter.
Put together “winter kits” (gloves, hat, blanket etc.) and keep in your car to give to the homeless or someone you see in need.
Purge your closet and kid’s toy room and donate unused and unwanted items.
Pay for someone’s layaway item.
Set a basket filled with water and snacks out for mail and delivery workers when they drop off packages at your house.
Give the person behind you the better parking spot or let someone go in front of you in the checkout line.
Offer to pray with someone.