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This time of year I find that I hear from some of my friends about how they sometimes feel so rushed and that they’re not showing their spouse enough attention. They are so focused on the whole family during Thanksgiving and Christmas, shopping sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and just in general trying to be prepared for Christmas the rest of the time that something has to give. Don’t get me wrong the Hubs and I get caught up in the holiday rush sometimes but we always make sure to schedule a few holiday date nights in there to make up for it.
One of our favorite holiday date nights is to sneak away for an afternoon and go see a movie and have a lunch out before heading back to the house. However, once the ice starts to hit it can be hard to get out that often so sometimes we’ll schedule a stay-at-home holiday date night.
One idea for a stay-at-home holiday date night is to fix a meal together and incorporate that as part of your date. For our stay-at-home holiday night we’ll both work in the kitchen, I’ll fix the dinner and he’ll fix the dessert, laughing and joking as we work. Depending on what we’re having we’ll either eat before starting the movie or we’ll go ahead and start the movie and come back for the meal during the movie.
Some candles or a scent burner is another great addition to your stay-at-home holiday date night. We recently got one of those wax burners from Walmart and it is awesome as a bit of light in a dark room and does a great job of creating whatever mood you’re trying to set. I use it throughout the day changing out scents as the day progresses. A good one for a holiday date night is the Dual-Scented “Date Night” set of wax cubes from Walmart. They’re made a bit smaller than the regular ones as you’re meant to combine the two scents, which is a great concept by the way.
With it being the holiday season and being stuck in the house, a final stay-at-home holiday date night idea is to have some K-Y® YOURS+MINE on hand, just in case. If you look for the specially marked K-Y® DATE NIGHT sets that will be coming to stores soon. This offer, worth $50, includes one meal for two from PEACHDISH.com delivered to your door and a $5 VUDU credit (more details at K-Y.com).
The main idea is to just take a day or night for yourselves and have a date night. Heck you can make it a date day by starting the day by going shopping together for everything you’ll need for your night. That’s what we did for ours as everything was easy to find at Walmart and we had a blast just walking around the store and looking at other stuff. Oh and if you don’t think you’re the person who can walk up to a register with these purchases you can always buy at Walmart.com
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Movie night is our go to date night too!
Yes so true!! It is hard to make time. Great post.
We don’t really have “traditional” date night; but we do go out to dinner just about every Friday evening.
We LOVE having a date night in! After you pay for a sitter, dinner, and a movie – sometimes I would rather just lounge at home snuggling on the couch in comfy pi’s and a movie!
This looks like a fun date night. We love all the Die Hard movies.
It’s so true! The holidays are SO busy that we often forget to spend quality time with our partners!
I am a sucker for movie night and I am a hardcore Die hard fun. I am moved all and always amazed whenever I rewatch any of them.
Ahhhh sounds like a fabulous date night option!!! Will keep in mind 😉
I love movie nights with anyone (friends, family, etc.) It’s so fun to watch the movies you love with the person you love <3
Our date nights usually consist of movies/shows on netflix and some popcorn!
It’s so important to make time for your spouse. Loved it! Great post.
Oww owwwwwww! A hot and steamy date night never hurt 😉
Sometimes date nights at home a great too. Ordering in or making something nice…especially if he’s cooking .
Date night’s are so important. We try to go out at least once a month if not more often.
My hubby & I love movie nights!
Great date night ideas, after being together for so long it’s good to make time for real dates. Thanks for sharing!
I love having date nights at home with DVDs and snacks.
Die hard is such an epic movie. This would really be a great movie to watch at home.
movies!
we love to watch netflix to unwind at night! 🙂 this is probably jacob’s ideal date night though.. movie and get straight to business. haha 🙂
I have never tried the yours and mine, but it looks intriguing. Thanks for sharing.
Gotta love stay at home date night! We always like renting a new movie from iTunes and making some popcorn. Good point about making time for date nights during the holiday season!
Die Hard is a classic! Love movie nights with hubby.
Being single, I NEVER have date night, but they play that K+Y commercial so much, I think I have it memorized.
It’s definitely important to spend time with your spouse. Great ideas!
Why is it the during the holiday’s the one person we should be spending the most time on gets the least time. I with your husband the first Die Hard can be a Christmas movie. Totally get it!
We haven’t had an official date night in years. We are old. 😉 LOL
Date night in are some of the best date nights EVER!
I love date nights! We don’t have them enough! I think this year we should have a holiday date night too!
I love that Die Hard is your go-to date night movie! It’s actually one of my favorite “manly” movies. #client
We love movie nights. I just need to be better about sitting and watching a movie…not always working. 🙂