35 Winter Date Ideas

Winter is here! 🤗❄️And I especially love it between the holidays. The troubles of preparing for Christmas and making the family happy are all behind us and the new year is yet to come. It is a time to relax, think about the year that is passing and just enjoy the moment.

Here in Latvia, we had a snowy white Christmas this year and managed to have a great time in the snow too! Some skiing, some snowball fights and building our own slide, to name just a few.

But yesterday we managed to have a date-day with my husband. And it was magnificent. We went to ESPA Riga soothing SPA, just the two of us, having some deep conversations and letting the water sooth our skin and ourselves deep within. Then going for a meal in a restaurant with delicious food, we chose a fish restaurant. Mmmm, that Dorada a la Mediterranean was a perfect travel back in time to our honeymoon in Greece! Then a sweet snack in the bakery on the corner and finally a movie. We saw the movie "Cold War". Just captivating.. 

Inspired by this date-day and an article on Marriage 365 blog, I also made a winter date idea list:

1. Treat yourselves to a soothing SPA experience
2. Go Ice Skating 

3. Organise a Couples Massages

4. Have a snowball fight (if you can!)

5. Play a couples board game with questions that let you get to know each other more

6. Cozy up next to the fireplace or in a sofa with a blanky and go through some of the questions from the Marriage 365 book 

7. Write a letter to each other and read it in a year from now

8. Write your bucket list together. (Need ideas? Here’s Marriage 365 list!)

9. Go for a weekend ski / snowboard trip

10. Go for a weekend “intimacy” trip and spend the entire weekend indoors together

11. Light a fire, make some popcorn, put on a classic Christmas movie, and cuddle

12. Go sledding together and get dessert after

13. Build a fort and be “together” in it 😉

14. Take a cooking class together then try out your new skills at home

15. Go to a trampoline park together

16. Spend an evening serving dinner at a homeless shelter 

17. Snuggle up on the couch and watch The Family Man… and have a box of tissues handy!

18. Take salsa lessons

19. Go indoor rock climbing

20. Go to an art museum then go to dinner after and talk about what you saw

21. Have a nerf gun war in the house!

22. Go to a comedy show

23. Visit your local farmers market

24. Make out on your couch by the fire after the kids are asleep

25. Book a couples yoga lesson

26. Make hot chocolate from scratch and get creative when it comes to the toppings

27. Go wine tasting and enjoy the seasonal flavours

28. Spend a Saturday morning making waffles, coffee, and watching Hallmark channel or playing card games

29. Go on a couples dinner cruise and enjoy the city lights

30. Plan a weekend getaway to somewhere warm 

31. Cuddle while you reflect on your favourite memories from this year

32. Picture it: holiday themed lingerie, flickering candles in your room, music on low… need I say more? 😏

33. Do a puzzle together by the fire and talk about what makes you a great team and why you love each other

34. Find a cookbook and plan a winter meal together (appetizers, dinner, dessert). Go shopping for the ingredients (and hold hands a lot). Then cook together and enjoy your winter themed meal! ☺️

35. Visit the circus together

Inspired by Anna Collins and the Marriage 365 blog
Anna Collins lives in sunny Southern California with her husband and two children. She is passionate about her marriage, staying at home with her kids, writing, coffee, good conversation, and game night. Her life dream is to someday write a book and see it published.