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So lists are kind of my thing, and you'll notice that if you've followed my blog for a while. I don't just enjoy making list posts for my blog, but I use them in my daily life for tasks I need to accomplish. Breaking down tasks into a list drives me to complete them in a timely fashion. My planner is full of lists. 

With my first semester of college wrapping up within the next two weeks, I've composed a list of "Christmas Break Bucket List" items to complete while I'm home over Christmas Break. I'm so excited to be home with my family for the Christmas season and I miss them a lot. So here are some of my Christmas Break Bucket List.

1. Visit St. Charles' Christmas Traditions
One of my favorite things about the Christmas season is the "Christmas Traditions" in historic St. Charles. My family has frequented the month-long Christmas Tradition events for as long as I remember. I love the storybook-like characters and the festivities. It is truly a unique, incredible experience. Last year I'm pretty sure we went almost every weekend because it was that fun.

Definitely check out the Christmas Traditions webpage to find out more.

2. Go to Painting with a Twist
I feel like these kind of businesses have really sprung up everywhere over the past two years. If you don't know what "Painting with a Twist", here's a quick overview: you book seats with your friends/family and an instructor guides you through a painting. There's a huge calendar online with what paintings are being  done each day so you can choose accordingly. I've done a few of these sorts of events before and I've always really enjoyed it. I really want to do a holiday-themed one though.

Here's a link to the O'Fallon store, but there are a lot of Painting with a Twist locations so you can find the one closest to you. 

3. Complete a Christmas puzzle
I am slightly obsessed with Christmas puzzles. Every year for the past four years I've done a huge Christmas puzzle. It originally started as a family thing but eventually turned into me doing the puzzle alone because once I start one I don't want to stop. Now that I will be home for a month, hopefully I can do a few of them. It's really cool now that I have a collection of Christmas puzzles because my dad put them in frames and hung them up in for the holiday season.

4. Bake so many Christmas cookies
One of the things I miss most about leaving home is that I don't have a kitchen at my disposal anymore. I used to bake food and share the recipes on this blog all of the time. I really hope that when I go home I can have a baking extravaganza (and I'll share some pictures with you all here).

5. Go to Picasso's Coffee House
While visiting Historic St. Charles, there's a good chance I'm going to stop by Picasso's. It is my favorite coffee house in St. Louis, partially for the location and partially because the coffee is incredible. Again, if you happen to have the opportunity to go to Historic St. Charles, go! I cannot stress it enough, this area of St. Charles is incredible.

6. Visit the St. Louis Premium Outlet
I'm not a huge fan of shopping but I love going to the Premium Outlet in Chesterfield. Part of my love for visiting this outlet mall during December is, again, the holiday atmosphere. It's such a great time in the year and I love walking around and visiting all of the different stores. 


I have so many more things that I want to do while I'm home over break but those were just a few of the things I really want to do. I hope you all have a great rest of your weekend!

Until next time,
Taylor xx