The holiday season can pretty stressful if you let it get to you. As soon as Halloween is over, the Christmas holidays are shoved in your face. The media makes you feel like you’re a horrible person if you don’t get your child this years’ ‘it’ toy or if you don’t spend hundreds of dollars on the perfect present for your significant other. It’s all quite ridiculous if you ask me. Christmas should be fun and stress free. You have the day off or maybe even a couple of days free from work, so why not spend it without all of those stipulations and strict conventions? If you’re craving a commitment-free, stress-free and all around non-traditional Christmas season this year, take a look at my list of great ways to spend Christmas day.

1. Go golfing. This might take a little maneuvering or planning if you don’t live in a warm climate, but can you think of more fun way to spend Christmas? The course will be relatively empty and you’ll be able to enjoy some fun, friendly competition with your family.

2. Go see a movie. Tons of great movies come out on Christmas and if you don’t want to be stuck at home all day, then why not make it a fun family outing? Instead of spending the entire day cooking and cleaning, you can have a stress free couple of hours with the kids.

3. Take a vacation somewhere tropical. Who says there should be several feet of snow on Christmas morning? Wouldn’t you rather spend the day on the beach with a bottle of beer and good book? So what are you waiting for? Book the tickets and get the heck out of town before all of the crazy shoppers come out on Christmas Eve.

4. Don’t exchange gifts. So maybe you like the tradition of seeing your family and eating a big meal together, but why should you and everyone else have to stress out about finding the perfect gift and spending way too much money. If anything Christmas should be about spending some quality time with your family and you can’t do that when everyone has been on edge for the last week shopping.

5. Cook a completely untraditional meal. Turkey and mashed potatoes can get pretty old when you eat it every single year. So why not do something completely different this year. Have a Mexican fiesta or make it classy with some cavier. Just do something outside of the box. You can even order in Chinese food, just avoid spending the whole day cooking something so unoriginal.

    Well there you have it. None of these ideas are too crazy and if you’re creative I’m sure you can come up with a whole slew of ways to spend your Christmas in a non-traditional way. Don’t let the holidays stress you out and don’t buy into the hype. Have fun this year and spend your Christmas doing something you enjoy.

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