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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A few posters have mentioned being stressed out about the holidays. It seems doing too much or doing things they don’t want to do is wearing people down! What do you do to celebrate the holidays that you like doing, that you enjoy?

For Christmas, I love:

Making chili on Christmas Eve (it’s our family tradition)
Setting a really nice table for Christmas dinner
Kid presents
Baking exactly one batch of cookies for my family, usually Snickerdoodles with red and green cherries
Decorating the tree
“Light peeping” around neighborhoods
Taking part in charity events at my work
Christmas Eve service
Special prayers with family at the Christmas dinner
Teacher gifts

Share yours![/quote]

First of all, Joyeux Advent OP!

Much of what you said.

It gives me joy to remember people who work hard on our behalf throughout the year and to show appreciation with thank you cards and gifts - teachers, doctors and nurses at our primary care clinic, trash/ recycling/ yard waste and compost collectors, plus our yard service guy.

It gives me joy to buy gifts for family and friends and let them know I love them.

Putting up our Christmas tree is extremely nostalgic for me as we have ornaments from 30 years ago and every stage of life such as hand made ones when kids were young. It is bitter sweet to fondly remember different stages of life in four different countries.

Service activities bring me joy such as participating in the Jewish Community Center’s December 25 project.

Making advent wreaths and taking time to feel the eternal ever present mystery of God’s love and grace despite all my many foibles and living in our broken world brings me joy. I love the symbolism of ever greens, circles and light as encapsulating the Great Mystery.

Sacred and traditional holiday music brings me joy. I can live without the super commercial songs but enjoy some alternative carols if they are genuine.

Enjoy the season OP! [/quote]

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