We are going for our first Christmas trip in December with 11 people who live in 7 different households (college-age kids). We've made our room, flight, and dinner reservations. I just signed up for a free account on wordpress and made a countdown blog for everybody to enjoy. I picked out pictures from old trips and until the 30 day mark posted 1 picture a week with a short comment containing a little about the subject of the picture and the time left. Some of the posts reveal information about ADRs/Candlelight Processional (these things aren't a surprise, per se, but I'm guessing not everyone going is as keyed up about our schedule as I am). From the 30 day mark forward, I did daily posts. I have scheduled each post (easy to do) to appear in order, so I don't have to remember to keep up with it when things get hectic in November and December. The 20-week post went up today!