(NC) Regifting holiday presents or other gifts happens more often than people admit, but it can still sting to think your gift wasn’t truly appreciated. With these thoughtful strategies, you can be sure your gifts are cherished and won’t be given away. As a child, we always tried to get rid of fruit cake. 😛 […]
A Case For A Simple Christmas
Have you thought about simplifying Christmas? What I mean is to have a holiday season without the stress, without going all out on decorations, events, and gifts. Consider celebrating a much simpler Christmas this year. By scaling back and focusing on the more spiritual side of this holiday, you just might find more joy this […]
Christmas Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Enjoyable
If you believe popular media and holiday guides, you may think that everything to do with Christmas from the tree and decorations, to the food, and even how you wrap your gifts has to be perfect. That’s simply not true and deep down you know this. Christmas doesn’t have to be perfect to be enjoyable. […]
Sometimes Christmas Just Sucks. You Know What? That’s Ok
As we all know, life comes in seasons. Some years are wonderful and amazing with very few worries and plenty of everything. Others are leaner, more troublesome, and just plain sad. In the good years, the holidays are a lot of fun, but during the times when you are sad, we may not enjoy […]
How To Find Joy During A Stressful Holiday Season
With Thanksgiving over now, you can’t look, read, watch or even listen without there be something about Christmas going on all up in your face. Sigh.. Can Christmas music at least wait till two weeks before Christmas, instead days before Thanksgiving? Ah where did the good old days go? So, how does one find a […]