How to Celebrate Halfway to Christmas (Leon Day)

Start a new tradition this year and celebrate halfway to Christmas (National Leon Day). It’s a fun way to bring a bit of Christmas cheer to the middle of the year.

June 25th marks halfway to Christmas and an unofficial holiday, National Leon Day. ‘Leon’ is ‘noel’ spelled backwards. Some also call the day Halfmas. Whatever you call it, it’s a fun excuse to celebrate Christmas in the summer. 

I have recently started the tradition of celebrating halfway to Christmas, and as someone who is obsessed with Christmas, it’s such a fun tradition. 

As I’m building this tradition in my own home, I want to share some ways you can also celebrate the day in your home. You can make your celebration as elaborate or as simple as you’d like. And you don’t have to get hung up on celebrating right now, June 25th, choose a weekend day near there if that is easier. 

Celebrating Halfway to Christmas (National Leon Day)

Depending on how much of a celebration you want to have for halfway to Christmas, you can choose one of these ideas or mix and match several for a bigger celebration. It’s also fun to let this tradition build over time. 

• Decorate Your Home – Pull out some of your Christmas decorations, or if you are in the northern hemisphere, get some summer Christmas decorations for your festive fun. A really fun option is a summer Christmas tree; you can use your full-size tree or get a small tree to use. 
• Play Halfway to Christmas Bingo – You can get this free printable game to play with people of all ages.
• Make Festive Food – This is a fun time to make some of your favorite Christmas food or try some summer Christmas recipes like frozen hot chocolate. 
• Watch a Christmas Movie – Watch a family favorite Christmas movie, or maybe stream a Hallmark Christmas movie you have missed. 
• Play a Christmas Game – There are a lot of fun Christmas-themed games you can play for a halfway to Christmas game night. 
• Make Christmas Crafts – Making Christmas crafts is a great way to celebrate and also get a jumpstart on Christmas prep. You could also make some Christmas in July crafts. 
• Have a Secret Santa Exchange – You likely don’t want to go all out with gifts halfway to Christmas, but it can be fun to have a secret Santa exchange with some small gifts. 
• Perform Random Acts of Kindness – One of the best parts of Christmas is the spirit of giving, bring that to your halfway to Christmas celebration by doing a few random acts of kindness. 
• Host a Christmas Themed Dinner – You can either make the dinner yourself or have a potluck and have each person bring a favorite Christmas dish to share.
• Sing Christmas Carols Karaoke – Sing along to your favorite Christmas carols. You can find some Christmas karaoke songs on YouTube. You can even find some pretty affordable karaoke machines to make it even more fun.
• Host a Ugly Sweater Making Contest – It may be too hot for sweaters, but you can get together and make your ugly Christmas sweaters and vote on the best ones. Each person can bring a plain sweater, and you can have fun supplies to use to make them unique and “ugly.” You’ll be ready for all the Christmas-time ugly sweater parties as well. 
• Host a Christmas Card Making Party – Get together to make some fun Christmas cards that you can send out during the holidays. 
• Host a Holiday Cocktail Party – Get all dressed up and have a fun Christmas cocktail party. There are so many delicious Christmas cocktail recipes you can try, including my frozen hot chocolate martini, which is perfect for a summer Christmas party.
• Have an Indoor Snow Day – Create a winter wonderland inside with cotton snow, snowflake decorations, and fun festive drinks. You can also get some fake snowballs to have an indoor snowball fight.

Whatever you do to celebrate halfway to Christmas, it’s sure to be a new favorite tradition and a fun way to start looking forward to the holiday season, which has a way of sneaking up on us.

Don’t forget to also use it as a reminder to start doing a bit of Christmas planning. There are a lot of planning tasks you can start doing in the summer to make your Christmas stress-free this year.