Staying in is the new going out

Christmas Edition

ALL activities to be completed wearing Ana Mero Swim

Christmas Shenanigans

1. Tree Decorating

Try something new this year! Play your Christmas music playlist, drink some jolly juice, and decorate your tree however you want. Dance around and have fun! Zoom some friends to join the fun!

2. Build a Gingerbread House

Honestly our gingerbread houses never look this good at the end lol but lets go all out and share our houses on social media anyway! I’ll tag mine if you tag yours! Bonus if you add a mini you!

3. Wrap Gifts

I mean it’s pretty self-explanatory right? wRonGe! We have a challenge for you. We’ve been seeing different ways to wrap gifts all over social media, even without tape! Lets see you get creative with your wrapping this year! Don’t forget to share the deets!

Christmas Marathon

"Santa Mero's Favorites"

Make some HOT COCO: 1 cup almond milk, ¼ cup chocolate chips, 1 tsp honey, 1 tsp vanilla extract. Top off with whipped cream and marshmallows. Pop some POPCORN or buy some already made lol and lets start this marathon

Movies

1. Four Christmases

2. A Bad Mom's Christmas

3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

4. Deck the Halls

5. Love Actually

6. Almost Christmas

7. The Nightmare Before Christmas

8. The Princess Switch

9. Noelle

10. Last Christmas

Shows

1. Dash & Lily

2. Merry Happy Whatever

3. The Great British Baking Show

4. Happiest Season

5. Home For Christmas

6. The Mistle*tones

Jolly Juice

(You'll thank us later)

Don't Tell Cranny

Grab a glass and add tice (two rocks). Top the ice with maple cranberry syrup. In a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice add 4oz Bourbon, 3oz cranberry juice, and 2oz of seltzer and shake. Pour in glass with ice and syrup. Garnish with rosemary sprigs and fresh cranberries. Enjoy!

White Christmas

In a pitcher, muddle ¼ cup of mint leaves in ½ cup of sugar and ¾ lime juice. Strain out the mint leaves from pitcher. Add ½ cup of white rum, ½ cup of coconut rum, 1 cup of coconut milk and stir thoroughly. In a glass filled halfway with ice pour ¾ of mixture and top off with sparkling water. Use pomegranate arils to garnish. Enjoy!

The Grinch

Rim glass with sugar using lemon juice, then fill with ice. Combine 2oz vodka, ½ tsp of lime juice, ½ tsp of grapefruit, 2 tsp of honey, 2 jalapeno slices and shake. Pour ¾ mixture in glass and top off with ginger beer. Garnish with mint and pomegranate arils. Enjoy!

Cinnamon Bread

We’ve all f***ed with Banana Bread when quarantine started... It’s time to let a new bread go viral. Honestly, I searched up “Christmas Bread” and this is the first thing that popped up so LETS DO THIS.

"Alexa, play 'Christmas Time is Here' by John Legend"

Recipe

1. In a large bowl combine ½ cup of soften butter, ¾ cup of sugar, 2 eggs, and 2 tsp vanilla extract.

2. In a separate bowl, mix together 2 cups of flour, 2 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt, and 1 tsp ground cinnamon

3. then add it to the large bowl with creamed mixture.

4. Next add 1 cup of buttermilk and 1/3 cup of sour cream.

5. Preheat oven at 350 degrees

6. Butter a 9x5 bread pan

7. Pour bread mixture inside bread pan

8. Optional: Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon on top if desired!

9. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until center passes toothpick test (* stick a toothpick halfway into the center of the bread, if it is dry, the bread is ready!)

10. Enjoy! (Tip: spread some butter on a slice!)

Write a Letter to Santa Mero

Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, she’ll write back!

Write a letter to Santa Mero this year and tell her why you’ve been naughty or nice! When she responds she may tell you some secrets about why she’s been naughty or tell a story about when she’s been nice. Email your letter to anamero.official@gmail.com

“Dear Santa Mero,

This year I’ve been ________. Something _______ I did was _______.

This year all I want for Christmas is

1. 2. 3….

-Your Favorite, _______”

Our Christmas Wish

We wish you a happy holiday season filled with joy and laughter!

We are so delighted to be able to share the holiday season with you and our Ana Mero Family. Each and every one of you have shown us unconditional love and support, for that we have no words to fully express our gratitude! May your days be merry and bright!

Wishing you happy holidays,

Ana Mero Swim

P.s. Make sure to check in with friends and family and stay safe!

Always Love,

Ana Mero