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How do you feel about the holidays? Love, hate, apathy?
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 642123" data-attributes="member: 4152"><p>I think my favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and New Years. I truly believe it is vital to be grateful for all the good in our lives and to do our best to concentrate on our blessings as best as we can. And I like New Years, because it is a benchmark of sorts to evaluate the previous year (with gratitude for the good) and to set some healthy goals for the future. I do like Christmas, but at times it does get overly stressful for me. Some of this for me and my family is that difficult child is often very demanding on this day and in the days leading up to Christmas. I suppose, like most everyone, she has unrealistic expectations. But, she is not usually able to self soothe (or whatever we do) and get past the stress so that she and everyone around her can have a good time. Knock on wood and fingers crossed, this year is looking a little better in that department and I will be doing the happy dance if she can rein in the angst and grouchiness and just go with the flow. I made cookies the other day as an experiment in preparation for Christmas Eve dinner at a relatives house and was testing the recipe. She seemed very happy to be the taste tester. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The more I think about it, if difficult child did better, yep, Christmas would be great. I guess I kind of am a holiday kind of person!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 642123, member: 4152"] I think my favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and New Years. I truly believe it is vital to be grateful for all the good in our lives and to do our best to concentrate on our blessings as best as we can. And I like New Years, because it is a benchmark of sorts to evaluate the previous year (with gratitude for the good) and to set some healthy goals for the future. I do like Christmas, but at times it does get overly stressful for me. Some of this for me and my family is that difficult child is often very demanding on this day and in the days leading up to Christmas. I suppose, like most everyone, she has unrealistic expectations. But, she is not usually able to self soothe (or whatever we do) and get past the stress so that she and everyone around her can have a good time. Knock on wood and fingers crossed, this year is looking a little better in that department and I will be doing the happy dance if she can rein in the angst and grouchiness and just go with the flow. I made cookies the other day as an experiment in preparation for Christmas Eve dinner at a relatives house and was testing the recipe. She seemed very happy to be the taste tester. :) The more I think about it, if difficult child did better, yep, Christmas would be great. I guess I kind of am a holiday kind of person! [/QUOTE]
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