The Holidaze Are Here! What's Your Plan?
You can keep your sanity with a little planning and setting some priorities.
First, make a list and stick to your budget. Do not spend more than you can really afford.
Christmas is not about how much money you spend or how big a gift you give someone.
Christmas is about enjoying your family and being grateful for all the blessings you do have.
Perhaps you have good health, lots of loved ones, a home and enough food to eat. Those are
things that most people in the world do not have, so count your blessings and focus on those instead of on money and presents.
Stay out of the traffic and do not shop on weekends and evenings. Crowds of people in stores while you are trying to shop is too stressful and not worth the hassle. Take a day off if you need to, go out in the morning and go without the kids.
Maximize your time and get as much done as early in the season as possible. Plan to be completely finished a few days before Christmas so you can enjoy the holiday yourself. Stress is what zaps your energy during the holidays and that can make you depressed and cranky.
Find ways to reduce the things that stress you out and make it a priority to really enjoy the holiday.
Create some traditions for yourself and your family that do not cost much. Take a drive to see the Christmas lights, make holiday cookies, or decorate the tree and house together.
Let the children help make your special holiday foods and talk to them about your culture and traditions. Volunteer to sing carols with your church or work in the homeless kitchen.
When you give to others, you give yourself a gift that energizes you. When your family creates traditions together, you strengthen bonds within your family that can help you get through hard times. Make these things a priority and focus less on spending money and buying gifts.
If you are blessed and have little ones around for the holidays, remember their needs and do not let them get too tired or overwhelmed.
They will remember the little things you do together every year, like making cookies and attending church.
They will not remember their presents, and neither will you. Create your dreams of a happy holiday and cheerful season for yourself and your family.
Let the Holidaze Begin! -- Kerry Gray
First, make a list and stick to your budget. Do not spend more than you can really afford.
Christmas is not about how much money you spend or how big a gift you give someone.
Christmas is about enjoying your family and being grateful for all the blessings you do have.
Perhaps you have good health, lots of loved ones, a home and enough food to eat. Those are
things that most people in the world do not have, so count your blessings and focus on those instead of on money and presents.
Stay out of the traffic and do not shop on weekends and evenings. Crowds of people in stores while you are trying to shop is too stressful and not worth the hassle. Take a day off if you need to, go out in the morning and go without the kids.
Maximize your time and get as much done as early in the season as possible. Plan to be completely finished a few days before Christmas so you can enjoy the holiday yourself. Stress is what zaps your energy during the holidays and that can make you depressed and cranky.
Find ways to reduce the things that stress you out and make it a priority to really enjoy the holiday.
Create some traditions for yourself and your family that do not cost much. Take a drive to see the Christmas lights, make holiday cookies, or decorate the tree and house together.
Let the children help make your special holiday foods and talk to them about your culture and traditions. Volunteer to sing carols with your church or work in the homeless kitchen.
When you give to others, you give yourself a gift that energizes you. When your family creates traditions together, you strengthen bonds within your family that can help you get through hard times. Make these things a priority and focus less on spending money and buying gifts.
If you are blessed and have little ones around for the holidays, remember their needs and do not let them get too tired or overwhelmed.
They will remember the little things you do together every year, like making cookies and attending church.
They will not remember their presents, and neither will you. Create your dreams of a happy holiday and cheerful season for yourself and your family.
Let the Holidaze Begin! -- Kerry Gray
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