72 Things You Can Do to Enjoy a Wisconsin Winter

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Whether you like to spend your time outdoors or cozy up inside by the fire, you will find something here to brighten up this season. Make the most of the icy temperatures and snowflakes with our list of 72 things you can do to enjoy your Wisconsin winter!

1. Venture inside the warm and illuminated Domes
2. Sip wine or drink a pint in front of County Clare fireplace
3. Enjoy a romantic carriage ride Downtown
4. Cross country ski in Grant Park
5. Go sledding at Northpoint
6. Toboggan at your favorite park
7. Ice skate at Red Arrow Park
8. Fondue!
9. Warm up the tummy with delicious soup
10. Hot chocolate at Colectivo
11. Visit the MPS decorated trees at Cathedral Square Park
12. Go ice fishing
13. Snowmobile at your local park
14. Build an igloo on the lakefront
15. Take the Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day
16. Enter an ice sculpture contest
17. Cruise around Winter Gallery Night and Day
18. See the lights of Miller Valley
19. Tour The Pabst Mansion
20. Slurp some tasty matzo ball soup at Benji’s
21. Take in the lights on Candy Cane Lane or Country Christmas
22. See “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at the First Stage Children’s Theater
23. Cut down your own Christmas tree
24. Celebrate Kwanzaa with your community
25. Visit popup “Miracle” holiday bar at Tin Widow
26. Erect a Festivus pole
27. Go buy yarn and make your own scarf
28. Buy a new snowboard at your local shop
29. Go check out the domes above Cafe Benelux
30. Take in the holiday scene at Holy Hill
31. Brew your own beer
32. Stay at home and snuggle up
33. Help the St. Benedict ministries feed the hungry
34. Make an ornament out of Popsicle sticks in memory of the good old days
35. Find a bar with a fireplace in it
36. Call your Grandma or Grandpa
37. Drink mulled wine
38. Snowshoe in Doctor’s Park
39. See the Admirals skate at the UW-Panther Arena.
40. Roast chestnuts on an open fire
41. Go to a warm tavern, and drink up the cold High Life
42. Watch early morning soccer at Highbury
43. Ride The Hop around Downtown and stay warm inside
44. Shop the new Christkindlmarket Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum
45. See some hoops. Hit a Bucks, MU or UWM game
46. Finally put those old photos in albums
47. Swirl candy canes in your hot chocolate for a peppermint-chocolatey treat
48. Shovel your elderly neighbor’s sidewalk
49. Hitch your pup to a sled and take a free ride
50. Play pond hockey on Lake Ernie in Franklin
51. Treat your wind-burned skin to a day of pampering at a spa
52. Invent a new snow sport. Snow croquet? Ice bowling?
53. Go Christmas caroling
54. Spark up a snowball fight with the neighbor kids
55. Build a snowman
56. Play some snow football
57. Learn to curl
58. Bake holiday cookies, or just buy some at the Public Market
59. Donate to your favorite local charity
60. Decorate your tree while listening to your favorite local bands
61. Have yourself an Edgar Allan Poe moment and curl up with a spine-tingler from a local bookshop
62. Make your own wine hot cocoa
63. Wear the sweater Grandma got you last year
64. Turn up the heat and have a Hawaiian party
65. Play pond hockey on Lake Ernie in Franklin
66. Order a delicious pie for your holiday
67. Check into a B&B in Door County
68. Go winter camping
69. Frolic with your dog at a dog park
70. Tour the Carmex factory and stock up for winter
71. Drink some Lakefront holiday brew
72. Be merry. Say hi to your neighbors. Be the change.

Not everything in winter has to be about the cold temperatures. Enjoy yourself and your time by picking one or 72 of these activities to complete!

Source Credit: OnMilwaukee

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