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Have each person in the family write one of their main chores they do each day on a slip of paper. (If your kids don't have daily chores, January is a good time to start them.) Put them all in a jar and let each person draw out a new chore they will do for the day or the week.
At the end of the day (week), ask:
How did you like the new chore?
Was it easier or harder than your usual chore?
How does it make you feel toward each person who serves the family by doing chores?
Galatians 5:13 says to serve one another with love. When you serve or help others you are showing love to God and to others.
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A Family That Serves Together Stays Together
Plan a service project together as a family.
Maybe there is an elderly person who could use some help raking leaves/shoveling snow (depending on where you live). Make cards and cookies to leave behind.
Clean out your closets and take toys (in good condition) to a shelter. (Call ahead to see if they take donations and what they might need.)
Do a wheelbarrow food drive in your neighborhood and collect cans and nonperishable items for the food bank or church with a food ministry.
Put on rubber gloves and pick up trash in the neighborhood or around the church. (The pastor may be able to suggest a project for you.)
Invite another family to join you; it will double the fun and be half the work!
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New Year's Traditions Around the World
Celebrate the New Year with a new tradition from around the world.
On New Year's Day in Korea, the younger generations bow to older generations. For example, children bow to their parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. Parents bow to their parents.
After the bowing, older people give brand new money to the children.
You could start a new tradition where the children help plan, cook, and serve a meal to the adults on New Year's Day.
Another fun tradition from Spain is to give each person 12 grapes. When the clock strikes midnight (on New Year's Eve), they are to put a grape in their mouth each time the clock chimes. This started in Spain because one year there was a big grape harvest, so the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year's Eve.
Google "New Year's traditions" for more fun ideas.
