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1. Watch a movie you haven\u00b4t seen in ages. Make yourself a good cup of Cocoa with cream, newly baked pastry and enjoy yourself and life in general!<\/p>\n Today is All Saint\u00b4s day, tomorrow is All soul\u00b4s day. Listen to Loreena McKennitt\u00b4s All souls night<\/a>. And then make a mysterious page in your art journal.<\/p>\n 2. D.I.Y.-day! Find an fixer-upper stuffed away in the attic, and be creative with it. Is it a stool, an old chest, a small table. Whatever it may be, add some color to brighten up the gloomy days of fall.<\/p>\n Look for circles today! Spend the day with your camera, watching for circles. At the end of the day, make a photo-collage with all your pictures.<\/p>\n 3. Make a Christmas gift.<\/p>\n 4. Make another Christmas gift. Since it is King Tut day, named from the old Egyptian farao Tutankhamon, maybe you could make jewelry with the ankh as a main feature. The ankh was a symbol of the wisdom of life. Which isn\u00b4t bad at all!<\/p>\n 5. Make a third Christmas gift!<\/p>\n 6. Have lamb for dinner. Cook with cabbage and whole peppercorns for 3 hours. Make white sauce and serve with potatoes. (A mix between \u201clamme-frikase\u201d and \u201cf\u00e5rik\u00e5l\u201d)<\/p>\n Today is also book lover\u00b4s day, so maybe you should simply curl up in your favorite chair and spend the night reading a good novel.<\/p>\n 7. Go to the library, and borrow a audio-book. Enjoy being read aloud to.<\/p>\n 8. Now is the time to make an advent-calender. Make 24 little gifts, wrap them and mark each with the numbers 1 all the way up to 24. The gifts can and should be be small, inexpensive things that are needed anyway, a pair of socks, a box of raisins, a pencil, and so on. Or you could write a little notes instead of wrapping presents. Small encouragements. Or maybe a things-to-do-before-Christmas. Hey, you could even pick apart CELEBRATE DECEMBER! and use the 24 first to-dos on the list! Stay tuned! but for today: make the calender itself, something to gather all the small presents on.<\/p>\n This is my Advent-calender that my Mom made me when I was 14. I still use it Come to think of it\u2026 make a deal with a good friend, to make calenders for each other. Everyone loves nice surprises ad little gifts. So why not be a little childish for once?<\/p>\n 9. Take time just to be with your dearest one!<\/p>\n 10. Ok. Time to do some cleaning. How about the cellar. It\u00b4s been a while, hasn\u00b4t it?<\/p>\n Forget-me-not day. Write a postcard or three to far-away-friends!<\/p>\n 11. Since you did so good yesterday, have fun today! Find an old game, gather the family, and play. My favorite is Trivial Persuit.<\/p>\n Today is veteran\u00b4s day. We don\u00b4t celebrate this in Norway, but it might be a good idea to show appreciation to those who have and still do sacrifices for our freedom and safety.<\/p>\n 12. Make a personal list of what you want to do during the next year. My friend, Michelle<\/a>, makes one every birthday<\/a>, of all the things she wants done by her next birthday. That way, she gets more things done, instead of just work all the time. You can see a link to my list (and several others) on the left sidebar.<\/p>\n Buy a bouquet of brightly colored flowers. Light scented candles. Start knitting a scarf. It can be a Christmas-present if you don\u00b4t need one yourself.<\/p>\n 13. Did you know MOO<\/a> can make stickers of your designs or photos? I have a little bundle, and I have to admit I really like them. I use them in my journal and on letters.<\/p>\n World kindness day. Isn\u00b4t this the perfect opportunity to do something nice for your local community? check out this blog for ideas: Love your neighbor<\/a><\/p>\n 14. Turn of the TV, and listen to the radio instead.<\/p>\n To celebrate Claude Monet\u00b4s birthday, make a beautiful painting with lots of water-lilies!<\/p>\n 15. Start by taking a walk and getting some fresh air. Then be creative. Have a journal? Make a page inspired by the colors and the smell of autumn. Need inspiration? Check out Teesha Moore\u00b4s site!<\/a><\/p>\n Clean your refrigerator day. And when that is done, take a picture of the front of the door. I\u00b4ve heard it said, that whatever people have on the front of the refrigerator-door, that is what defines what is important to the residents.<\/p>\n 16. Windy and rainy outside? Stay inside, find the photo-albums, and have a laugh at all the weird old hairstyles you used to have 17. On homemade-bread-day, bake a loaf of wholesome bread, visit an old friend, bring cheese and wine, and have a gay, ol\u00b4 time!<\/p>\n 18. Check out this site for \u201cOddly enough news<\/a>\u201c. I\u00b4ve come across lots of fun stories here.<\/p>\n Antartica was discovered in 1820 on this date. Make a picture inspired by the event. Or simply give praise that you don\u00b4t live there!<\/p>\n 19. Today is GREEN! Find something green in your wardrobe to wear. And make dinner vegetarian. Even meat-lovers like myself can survive just fine one day without meat. There is a feast of vegetables just waiting for you out there to discover them! Have you ever tried frying egg-plant spiced with curry and red pepper? Try it!<\/p>\n 20. Talk through the night to someone you really care about only to go to sleep when the birds start singing\u2026<\/p>\n 21. Favorite-Sunday! Stay in bed for as long as you want. Eat in bed, read in bed, talk in bed, laugh in bed\u2026 listen to other options in the song \u201cThe bed\u201d<\/a> from the musical Hair.<\/p>\n The first manned hot air balloon flight in 1783.<\/p>\n 22. Buy a bouquet of brightly colored flowers. Light scented candles. Start knitting a scarf. It can be a Christmas-present if you don\u00b4t need one yourself.<\/p>\n 23. Before you go to work today, do five minutes of wildly dancing to \u201cPinball Wizard\u201d<\/a> by the Who. It\u00b4ll get your blood pumping for sure. Find the lyrics on the net, and try to learn them so you can sing along the next time 24. Today is dress-up day. Not Halloween-dress-up. But nice-dress-up. Inspired by the fifties, when men wore hats when driving a car, and women were in skirts and heels to go shopping. Dressing up will make you straighten up, pull back your shoulders and feel more awake.<\/p>\n 25. Cleaning-day! I mean, it is Thanksgiving tomorrow, and you\u00b4re having guests! Not? Well, if your not expecting guests, you can cheat and start the Christmas-cleaning early. 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