16 cozy activities to add to your fall bucket list

Carve a pumpkin? You can do better than that. Fun and unusual ways to celebrate the season, from writing a gratitude letter to making an ancestral altar.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9a%2F9e%2F68995f5746ce8ae1e4caa775343a%2Fcozy-illustration-16-9.jpg' alt='One clever way to celebrate the season? Put a rest day on your calendar. As the days shorten, you may feel lower energy when the sun sets at 5 p.m. instead of 8. So create the space in your life to recharge.'/><p>Carve a pumpkin? You can do better than that. Fun and unusual ways to celebrate the season, from writing a gratitude letter to making an ancestral altar. </p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5993688' />