* Adopt a grandparent or visit a nursing home with a group of friends.

Christmas is fast approaching and to many parents this is the time of the year that they get to spent a lot of time with their kids because schools are out. Christmas holidays should be a time for fun and joy for the whole family and if you've been thinking about activities to engage your teems but haven't been able to come up with some good ideas, then you've come to the right place because I have assembled a list of 50 activities for the whole family and that teens especially will find truly rewarding and fun.

* Write out Christmas cards for your friends.

* Write a poem about snow.

* Write a poem about Christmas.

* Wrap your bedroom door like a present.

* Volunteer at local area projects.

* Trim a Christmas tree.

* Track Santa online.

* Think about and journal what Christmas means to you.

* Take your younger sibling to see Santa.

* String popcorn for the tree or mantel.

* Sit in the room with your Christmas tree with all the lights out but the tree lights.

* Sing carols for a cause.

* Send a Christmas card and letter to a soldier.

* Sell Christmas trees with a youth group.

* Say this tongue twister 5 times: Snow slows Santa's sled.

* Read the Christmas story in a Bible.

* Read a holiday story.

* Put your name in glitter on a Santa hat. Wear it.

* Paint a Faux Stained Glass Christmas Ornament.

* Organize a local coat drive.

* Offer to babysit for a Christmas shopping night for a family with younger kids - for free.

* Make tinsel-filled ornaments.

* Make ribbons and sparkles ornament.

* Make Puzzle Piece Ornaments.

* Make cinnamon ornaments.

* Make Christmas wrapping paper.

* Make Christmas Container Candles.

* Make Christmas Chunk Soaps.

* Make Christmas cards.

* Make Christmas beaded safety pin patterns.

* Make Candy Cane Fudge.

* Make candy cane bath salts.

* Make a Rubber Stamped Advent Calendar.

* Make a music video using Christmas Carols.

* Make a holiday journal.

* Make a glitter painted glass ball ornaments.

* Make a gingerbread house.

* Make a Flower Petal Ornament Cover.

* Make a Christmas wish list.

* Make a CD of your favorite or new this year Christmas songs.

* Learn to make a traditional family Holiday dish or dessert.

* Learn something new about Christmas in a different culture.

* Journal this quick list: My Ten Favorite Christmas Specials.

* Journal this quick list: My Ten Favorite Christmas Songs.

* Journal this list: Top Five Gifts I've Received of all Time.

* Hunt for a Christmas tree.

* Have a Christmas Specials and Movie marathon.

* Decorate their room.

* Decorate Christmas cookies.

* Adopt a grandparent or visit a nursing home with a group of friends.