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Calm Christmas

by Adam Zack — December 13, 2023

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.

Just before Thanksgiving a friend was telling me how Thanksgiving was his favorite holiday. “More than Christmas?”, I asked. “Yeah”, he said, because it didn’t involve the stress and craziness of buying gifts, decorating, making sure everyone is happy and the pressure that came with it. To him Thanksgiving was about family and friends sharing a big meal and, well, just being thankful. As we close in on Christmas, I really have given his words some thought. The hosts of Christmas gatherings have the pressure to make sure everyone is happy. Guests have to decide where to go, when to go, who to go with. Lists of gifts and recipients need to be fulfilled. Who to see? What to cook? Combine that with the hectic and extremely busy season that befalls grocers, and it gets almost overwhelming for some people. I love Christmas, and this year I am going to try and take my friend’s view of Thanksgiving and apply it to Christmas.

I’ll be thankful for the friends and family that I do get to see. I’ll take their desire for us to be together on the holiday as a compliment and not an obligation. The focus in our house is going to be one of gratitude and appreciation. I’m getting all calm just thinking about it. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. Thanks for reading at least some of my rambling tangents and weird thoughts, and I hope your holidays are filled with prosperous business, grateful family and restful nights.