It’s fitting, I think, that Christmas comes so closely on the heels of the winter solstice. We celebrate the birth of Jesus just days after the literal darkest day of the year. I don’t know what this year has held for you. It may be that this has been a dark year, a dark month,…
Tag: holidays
Come Quickly
Christmas is a week away, and if you’re like me, you’ve already heard just about all the holiday music you can handle. There’s been more than enough Mariah Carey, Santa Baby, and Santa Claus is Coming to Town (as well as a host of other equally trite and irritating ditties), and the world really does…
The Balancing Act of Holiday Survival
I don’t know about you, but I’m already a bit weary. The stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas always feels simultaneously too long and too short – far too many days, but also far too many activities. So it seemed an appropriate time to talk about how to survive the holidays relatively intact. (And to be…
Perspective on the Holidays
As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving and look ahead to the holiday celebrations throughout the month of December and the beginning of January, I find that I frequently need to recalibrate my expectations and perspective. I originally wrote these thoughts a few years ago in the midst of broken and strained relationships that drastically altered…