Blogmas Day 6 – 25 Good Deeds To Do Before Christmas!!

In this festive month many of us are rushing around grabbing some rare bargains, purchasing decorations to make our houses look the best we can, prepping for Christmas day, buying and wrapping presents but one thing not many do is stop and try to help someone else complete some of their tasks or provide someone less fortunate with something small that could put a smile on their face and from the John Lewis Christmas advert this year many were left rather emotional at the realization of how lonely Christmas can be for others so I have put together a list of 25 good deeds you could do before Christmas to make someone else smile this month and spread the joy!

1. Smile at a stranger, Yes! It’s that simple!
2. Give up a seat on the bus for someone who is standing
3. Pick up some litter
4. Take some pet food down to a pet shelter
5. Compliment someone
6. Take some canned food to a local food bank
7. Do something nice for a sibling/family member
8. Leave a note on a vending machine with perhaps a pound or 2 with a letter saying “Merry Christmas from me, to you”
9. Pack a shoe box with small gifts and pass it onto a charity who will deliver it to those that don’t receive anything on Christmas
10. Tell someone you are proud of them
11. Recycle
12. Forgive someone you have been holding a grudge against
13. Drop random “have a good day” cards or sweet messages in random neighbours letter boxes
14. Offer to buy a friend/family food whilst out with them
15. Giveaway books/clothes or anything you no longer need to charity
16. Open the door for a stranger
17. Buy someone you know a random small gift, the thought may just make their day
18. Give someone a hug
19. Let a stranger ahead of you in line whether it’s in a shopping line or waiting for a bus etc
20. By a couple bags of sweets and hand them out to people you know or young children or friends or in your family
21. Bake some cakes and give a few to a bus driver
22. Visit an elderly neighbour to see how they’re doing, offer to do any favours for them such as shopping or invite them round and do some baking with them
23. Encourage someone to achieve their goals
24. Make some positive comments on people social media posts e.g. blogs, YouTube videos, twitter posts etc
25. Give a homeless person a Christmas card containing a gift voucher of whatever amount you wish to give for a local food store/cafe e.g. Greggs, Costa, Starbucks etc

And that is a list of 25 simple, random acts of kindness to do during the build up towards Christmas, whether you do 1 each day or pick a few and aim to do them I hope I have inspired some of you to do a random act of kindness and make someone else smile! I am definitely going to try and complete some of these!

Desire4Beauty