12 Festive Christmas Date Ideas For All Couples

Preparing to wow your partner with a Christmas-themed date of a lifetime? Then you need a few Christmas date ideas to help you knock their socks off this holiday season, which we happily share with you ahead.

You’ll notice that we suggest the perfect Christmas date venues, which come courtesy of Peerspace. Peerspace is the largest online marketplace for hourly venue rentals and makes it easy to find and book sensationally curated spaces near you for a super special date. You’ll see what we mean ahead alongside our Christmas date ideas!

1. Bake Christmas cookies together in a warm, festive kitchen

Christmas is a holiday steeped in tradition. From Santa and his reindeer to traditional Christmas dinners, and beautifully decorated trees — tradition is one of the main things that makes Christmas feel so magical! One way to add to the magical feelings associated with Christmas is to start your own Christmastime traditions as a couple, like baking Christmas cookies together in a unique setting.

When you use a platform like Peerspace, you can book an event space that includes a well-equipped kitchen for your use. For example, check out Dark Moon Chalet in Julian, CA. This stunning A-frame cabin in the mountains is perfect for just about all of your Christmas date ideas, like baking Christmas cookies in the adorable kitchen! We love this Food Network collection of holiday cookie recipes so they provide so many options for tasty yet simple options.

After baking cookies together, be sure to unwind in the chalet’s outdoor cedar hot tub, sipping mulled wine (more on that ahead!) and sharing your favorite holiday memories together.

2. Create your own mulled wine recipe for a warm and spicy date activity

Mulled wine (or Glühwein, as it is known in Germany) is a wonderful blend of red wine and spices, heated up and enjoyed warm. While the idea of hot wine may sound a little strange — don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!

Traditionally, spices like cinnamon, star anise, and even orange rind are added to the concoction to give it its festive taste. However, you can add whatever spices you want! For your Christmas date, consider coming up with your own unique recipe to enjoy for years to come with your special someone.

3. Have a gingerbread house-making contest

For the competitive couple, the Christmas date ideas can include fun challenges – like a gingerbread house-making contest! You can set specific rules (like only frosting used to support your structure) or goals (the tallest gingerbread house wins) and even invite your friends and family in to vote on their favorites!

Check out our festive Christmas dinner party ideas for more tasty suggestions!

4. Visit a Christmas tree farm and pick out your tree

Nothing signals Christmas better than picking out the perfect tree. Rather than race to beat the competition to the best tree of them all, rent an entire Christmas tree farm on Peerspace! This way, you can take your time choosing between trees, sipping on hot cocoa, and enjoying each other’s company without worrying that someone else is going to snag the best tree before you get a chance to see it!

5. Rate the town’s Christmas lights

Which house has the best lights in town? Which neighborhood has the most Christmas spirit? As part of your Christmas date ideas, cruise around the city with your SO and discover the best lights your town or city has to offer.

6. Spread Christmas cheer by volunteering in your neighborhood

You and your date may already be feeling the Christmas spirit but others in town might not feel quite so positive about the upcoming holiday without your help. This Christmas, give back to your community with your SO. You can volunteer at the food bank, hand out presents to the local homeless population, or give free hot cocoa to people working or shoveling snow outside. Everyone deserves a little Christmas cheer this holiday season!

7. Have a Christmas movie marathon in a private theater

A Christmas Story, Elf, The Grinch — what Christmas movies do you want to watch this holiday season? Watch them all in a private movie theater marathon with your special someone! On Peerspace, you can search for movie theater spaces near you and book a space in a matter of clicks.

For Boston-based readers, consider renting this awesome private movie theater in Readville for example. It’s spacious, equipped with professional-grade movie screening equipment, and boasts mood lighting.

8. Decorate Christmas stockings for each other

If you and your special someone don’t have adorable matching stockings to hang from the fireplace together yet — now’s your chance! Rather than buying pre-decorated stockings, buy plain ones and decorate them with your date. You can decorate your own or decorate each other’s — the choice is up to you!

9. Take couples’ portraits in a festive setting

Christmas time is the perfect time for couples’ photos to show off on social media or even Christmas cards. Do something super special for this year’s photoshoot by renting out a gorgeous Christmas-themed home for your photoshoot on Peerspace!

For example, this luxury white and gold Christmas photo set in Atlanta, GA offers a gorgeous space for Christmas photos. Cuddle near the glowing fireplace, pretend to decorate the white tree, and exchange one of the prop Christmas gifts. It’s a beautiful space that will result in beautiful photos you’ll always treasure.

Our Christmas couples photoshoot ideas can provide more inspiration for this suggestion!

10. Attend local Christmas events around town

Around Christmas time, you’ll likely find the town or city you live in bustling with activity! Search for upcoming events on Facebook, pay attention to flyers on coffee shop walls, and ask your friends if they have heard about any Christmas date ideas and events going on around town. You’re sure to find at least an idea or two that would be great for date night!

11. Decorate your home(s) together

The tree, the house, the dog — decorate it all! Decorating can be a fun way to get to know your SO’s taste and prepare the house for Christmas celebrations. If you have old decorations from when you were a child, invite your date in on the stories behind them. It’s a fun way to grow closer!

12. Host a Christmas dinner party for other couples

One of the most fun parts about being in a couple is planning a party and inviting all your friends. You can make this idea even more festive by making it a couples’ Christmas dinner party! This idea works whether you’re a fairly new yet established couple just getting to know one another’s friends or have shared the same group of friends for years now.

Start by booking a festive event space on Peerspace and planning your menu. We especially love this authentic log cabin in the mountains in Cle Elum, WA, thanks to its warm and inviting vibe and perfectly decorated setting. It also boasts a full kitchen and a wood-burning fireplace to cozy up with. As for the menu, our Friendsmas food ideas have you covered there!

Christmas date ideas: conclusion

We hope these Christmas date ideas have inspired you to spend some extra-special time with your loved one this holiday season. Still haven’t found the perfect Christmas date idea for you and your special someone? Keep the search up on Peerspace! Head to our homepage, type in your location and the date you’re thinking of going out, and press search. You’ll be met with tons of great venues in your area.

Many of those venues come with activity ideas and amenities that will spur your imagination about what you can do on your date. From private coffee shop dates to renting out an entire amusement park — you’re bound to find something wow-worthy in your community to book.

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