I think these are the best things to do around this time of year. I am also going to probably try to make my own homemade Gluhwein at some point too (Glögi in Finnish), as I hear it is pretty easy :)
Recently I gave my son a meat grinder to spin, which I used to spin in my school years, in the 80s.
This is cool! I like the idea of some continuity across the generations, rather than buying into the constant consumerism of use and throw away. I wish I had some of the things I grew up with.