12 Dates Of Christmas - 12 date night ideas for you to enjoy

Marriage After God

Aaron & Jennifer Smith

Christianity, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this fun holiday episode, we are sharing 12 creative Christmas date night ideas for married couples! The Christmas season is full of romance with the lights, music and cozy weather. We want to encourage you to take advantage and plan some intentional couple time. We share why dating your spouse is so important: it makes you both feel cherished, gets you out of routine, leads to romantic intimacy, and models healthy marriage for your kids. Staying connected through dating prevents drifting over the long haul. Our 12 date suggestions range from festive activities like a cookie decorating night to simple moments like a thermos of hot chocolate and driving to see Christmas lights. We also give tips for making weekly date nights achievable by putting it on the calendar consistently with childcare secured. Consistently dating prevents marriage from becoming stale, so try out some of these ideas for a holly, jolly Christmas season!

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0:00.0	There may be a million and one reasons or rather excuses why you might not be making
0:09.7	date night a priority in your marriage right now.
0:12.1	Look, we get it. Between trying to find a
0:14.4	trustworthy babysitter to stressing out about finances, we often find ourselves going in and out of
0:19.0	seasons of intentional date nights. The truth is, we need to be dating each other. When we don't, we tend to feel
0:25.2	more distant and distracted. We let the cares of whatever is current take over our emotional
0:29.8	and mental state of mind. Being able to date each other reminds us to focus on each other,
0:34.4	to have fun regardless of our circumstances and to carve out time to talk without
0:38.7	interruptions. Andy Traub encourages married couples saying dates got you into the place where you wanted to marry each other
0:45.4	If you want to stay married then keep dating your spouse
0:49.0	Hey, we're Anna Jennifer Smith your host of the Marriage After God Podcast. And before we jump into this episode,
0:54.8	I wanted to read a review that we just got recently
0:57.2	from a user Micah 1-1.
1:00.2	They titled it, Love the Podcast,
1:02.3	but One Small Thing, though. They said, this
1:05.2	podcast has been great and I've loved listening to your stories and love the
1:09.3	biblical route and everything you teach on. Just hearing about the ups and downs of your marriage
1:13.8	has been great for me to know that it's okay to have these challenges and that God is faithful
1:18.2	to help us grow through them. One quick thing though to note if you read these reviews the sound levels and editing could use some tweaking.
1:25.6	Your voices are always really quiet so I turn them up and then the theme song at the end comes in and blast my ear drums.
1:31.6	Hopefully this helps keep up the good work.
1:34.0	Oops, sorry.
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