12 Dates Of Christmas - 12 date night ideas for you to enjoy

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About This Episode In this fun holiday episode, we share 12 creative Christmas date night ideas for married couples. The Christmas season is full of romance with the lights, music and cozy weather, and we want to encourage you to take advantage of it and plan some intentional time together. We talk about why dating your spouse is so important: it makes you both feel cherished, gets you out of routine, leads to romantic intimacy, and models a healthy marriage for your kids. Our 12 ideas range from festive activities like cookie making and a Christmas market to simple moments like a thermos of hot chocolate and a drive to see the lights. We also share tips for making date night happen consistently, because great marriages happen on purpose, and staying connected keeps your marriage from drifting.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode Family updates — Including our family's jiu-jitsu tournament results. Why date your spouse — Feeling cherished, breaking out of routine and building romance. Great marriages happen on purpose — Why scheduling date night is what makes it actually happen. Modeling for your kids — Showing your children that your marriage is a priority. Vision casting — Using date nights to dream and plan together. Festive ideas — A progressive dinner, ice skating, cookie making and a Christmas market. Simple ideas — Hot chocolate and a drive to see the Christmas lights. Active and playful ideas — Sledding, snowshoeing, ax throwing, dancing and a scavenger hunt. Making it happen — Put it on the calendar and secure childcare. Growth spurt challenge — Committing to connection this season.

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