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Christmas is a wonderful time! Everyone is full of good cheer,
the milk of human kindness and 20 pounds of candy. All gifts
are given with love, are exactly the right size, are exactly
the right color, or exactly the right thing for exactly the
price you could afford. Right?
Well, if YOUR Christmas seems to fall short every year, here
are some ways to keep your sanity and enjoy the unexpected
joys that the season brings.
1. News Flash! You are not perfect! Nor is your family! Give up
the myth that they should be!
2. Don’t make the season complicated! Simplify! While elaborate
decorations may appeal to your decorating ego, putting them
up takes time and energy that may be best spent elsewhere
this Christmas.
3. Everything doesn’t have to be homemade. Pies, cakes and
cookies are perfectly acceptable if they are bought at a
bakery. And your children just might celebrate if you
decide not to make that knitted scarf this year!
4. Relax. Take time out from the hustle and bustle to just sit
with a cup of tea or cocoa and read. Or take a long hot bath.
If you take some time for yourself, you will be better able
to cope with the holiday chaos.
5. Let other people pitch in. You are not the only one who can
do Christmas! Ask someone to do tasks you usually do, such
as make the eggnog or cookies. And then LET THEM DO IT –
even if they don’t do it just the way you want! Don’t
constantly look over their shoulder.
6. Don’t make the season an ordeal for your children by
expecting perfect behavior. Children can easily be overloaded
with the food, sights, expectations and social whirlwind of
the season. Again, simplify for their sake — and yours!
7. If you can afford to hire a cleaning service before company
comes for Christmas, do it! Give it to yourself as a Christmas
present! You will enjoy the season more because you won’t be
worn out from scrubbing that tile with a toothbrush!
8. If you can’t afford to pay cash for a gift, wait until next
year to buy it. Save for the gift in the meantime. The short
term thrill of buying the gift will be more than overpowered
by the struggle to pay it off months into the new year.
9. Get out of the house and walk when you begin to feel stress.
It will help you calm down and keep off those extra pounds.
And it will give your family a break from you!
10. Don’t do guilt – to yourself and others. Don’t use your
expectations of the season as a weapon against your friends
and family. Enjoy what comes this season. It may not be what
you expected – it may be better!
And remember – love doesn’t come wrapped in paper, or tied with
a bow. You can’t get it for $19.95 if you call now or for two
easy payments of only… you name the price. But love is but in
the corners of a small child’s smile, the twinkle of a father’s
eye or the drape of an arm across your shoulder. If you are
expecting something else, you just might fail to recognize it!
How crazy!
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