BY ANGELINA DEVINCENZO, East Lake High School

Slow down! The month of December is a busy time of year for everyone, and it’s almost half over, but there is still time to log in some memories. Use this holiday bucket list to count down the last 12 days before Dec. 25, doing one thing each day. Take pictures of yourself and your friends accomplishing each item on the list to put in a scrapbook. Make time! You’re worth it.

DAY ONE

Write your own Christmas carol or Hanukkah song, and sing it into your phone to send to friends. Who knows? Maybe one day it will become famous.

DAY TWO

Make your favorite Pinterest holiday craft and give it to someone you love.

DAY THREE

Watch an ABC Family or Hallmark Channel holiday movie.

DAY FOUR

Take a photo of your favorite ornament and put it on Instagram, tagged #tb2andyou.

DAY FIVE

Go to the mall and take pictures with Santa.

DAY SIX

Wear a tacky Christmas sweater to school with pride!

DAY SEVEN

Volunteer to serve food to the homeless at a shelter. Pictured at bottom middle, Rays manager Joe Maddon at the annual Thanksmas.

DAY EIGHT

Have a snowball fight. (Yes, in Florida.) Use cotton balls, or artificial snow from a craft store, and VOILA!

DAY NINE

Organize a Christmas light viewing party.

DAY TEN

Go ice skating with friends

DAY ELEVEN

Make reindeer food to sprinkle over your lawn on Christmas Eve, causing kindergarten flashbacks! Read Clement Moore’s classic The Night Before Christmas

DAY TWELVE

Go to random places dressed up as Santa! At the grocery store, purchase only milk, cookies and carrots for the reindeer.