A recap of our Sommerfeld family's most cherished memories and moments 25 Dates of Christmas 2022

A recap of our Sommerfeld family's favorite events and activities from 25 Dates of Christmas 2022

A recap of our Sommerfeld family's most loved foods from 25 Dates of Christmas 2022

A celebration of the unique Christmas traditions of Wisconsin including aluminum Christmas trees, Spotted Cow beer cheese soup, Christmas polka, and more!

A family date celebrating the unique traditions of Christmas in Denmark with ebelskevers, risengrod, tomte costumes, as well as a prominent feature of their Christmas Goat!

An ambitious date observing the iconic Italian tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes complete with seven different types of seafood courses as well as a viewing of the "Feast of the Seven Fishes" movie.

An electricity-free date of French-themed Christmas dinner and games including fondue, champagne on snow, chocolate chaud, shadow puppet Christmas charades, French Christmas carols, 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 clever evening of fun that ties in elements from "Mary Did You Know" including the wonderful Pentatonix version, Rose-"Mary" crescent rolls, "Did You Know?" Christmas trivia, and more!

A heartwarming evening celebrating Christmas in Connecticut including Christmas Connect(icut) 4, Nutmeg State Spiced Cookies, and a viewing of the beloved "Christmas in Connecticut" including a menu inspired by the movie.

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

A fun brunch to have with friends that celebrates the many scents and senses of the season including pecan rosemary candied bacon and cranberry orange mimosas for the parents and a holiday sensory board and Christmas tree shaker bottles for the kids.

A celebration of Santa's reindeer "Vixen" including tangential forays into Christmas with the Nixons, Dixons, Fixings, etc… as well as numerous fox-related events including a "Vixen's Festive Foxtrot" dance party.

A heartwarming and relaxing date for the family celebrating Michael Buble's beloved Christmas album and the many forms of Christmas bubbles from bubble baths to bubbly champagne to Bubble & Squeak!

A cheeky date highlighting the many variations of Christmas bombs including Chocolate Cherry Bombe for dessert, bath bombs, homemade cocoa bombs, Die Hard 2,”, and many more!

A festive outing to enjoy a nice dinner out and attending "The Holiday Songbook"… plus a heavy dose of Bing Crosby's classic song along the way!

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 fascinating family date exploring the interesting history of Christmas in Romania including their Communist Santa (Mos Gerila), several of their cherished Christmas dishes, the making of a star carol, and much more!

A fun day of family activities featuring Boxing Day including the traditional intent of generosity and gift boxes to those in need but also adding a spin to it by featuring so many of the wonderful Christmas treats that come in boxes as well!

A fascinating family date honoring a man who has literally celebrated Christmas every day of the year since July 1993… Andy Park.. and attempting to live a day in his shoes!