How to celebrate Christmas as a couple in your first year living together

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The most magical time of the year feels a whole lot more magical when you’ve moved into your first home with your partner. Along with deciding just how you’re going to decorate your first joint space, to whose family home you’ll be going to on the big day itself, there are plenty of ways you can celebrate Christmas as a couple in your first year living together.

How to celebrate Christmas as a couple in your first year living together

Decorate the house

Make sure every nook and cranny of your new home has new memories and new meaning by decorating. Combine the decorations you both already own with new ones you could buy together and get into the festive spirit by turning your house into a winter wonderland.

You could use some indoor Christmas lights for some ambient mood lighting, drape baubles along the staircase, and even go hard with this year’s Christmas tree – arguably the most important focal point of your Christmas decor.

Host a Christmas party

Spending your first Christmas as a couple also means you’ve got a brand new base to offer family and friends to come over for a Christmas party.

A Christmas party theme will get everyone in the spirit (think holiday glam, matching Christmas pyjama party, etc), while seasonal food and drinks like mince pies and tasty Christmas mocktails will make sure everyone leaves very merry.

Combine traditions

Similarly to combining decorations, bringing your two family Christmas traditions together can be a great start to the next step of your joint life together. Open one gift on Christmas Eve, go for an Indian dinner on Boxing Day, or try that super specific French Toast recipe you’ve had on your mind for an unforgettable Christmas Day brunch.

By combining festive family traditions, you might even be inspired to create your own together as a couple, too!

Get creative

Christmas can be an expensive time, especially if you’ve just moved in together and have spent some savings buying new furniture. Putting your creative hats on is an easy way to save money this Christmas.

This might be decorating cookies, hand-writing your Christmas cards, or even making cute felt gnomes for your alternative nativity scene. Whatever way you choose to be creative, taking it back to the basics with some DIY will mean you have some extra money to spend on some bubbly to celebrate not just Christmas, but the next step of your first home!

Final Thoughts on How to celebrate Christmas as a couple in your first year living together

Spending your first Christmas together as a couple in a new home is a magical milestone. By decorating your house, hosting a big Christmas party, and coming up with some new festive traditions, this holiday season will be the first of many unforgettable festive celebrations together.

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