The winter holidays are usually regarded as the "happiest time of the year", but who has time for happy when you have to make sure that all of your family and friends have the perfect gifts, clean the house, work full-time, prepare for finals (whether it's you taking finals or your kids), attempt to pay all of your bills, cook, and try to juggle spending time with all of your extended family members.
Should you go to your mom's house, your dad's house, your father in-laws house, your mother-in-laws house, everyones house, or just stay home? Let's just say that you are lucky enough that both your's and your partner's parents are still living together, well that means you still have to travel between at least three homes during a twelve hour period!
So, how will you make it through the holidays? Here are a few suggestions...
1. Buy gift cards! I agree, they aren't the most personal gift, but most people really, truly like gift cards.
2. Clean a little bit each day, so you don't have to do it all in one day. Oh, and turn on the Christmas music while you're cleaning...makes it more enjoyable!
3. Have a Christmas Eve potluck over your house and invite everyone! That way, you don't have to cook everything and then on Christmas day you can stay home and enjoy the entire day in your pajamas!
4. Try to take a couple days off before Christmas and a couple after. This will make it a lot less stressful.
5. Lastly, remember what the holiday season is really about. It's not the gifts or the food, it's the time you spend with your family and friends and it will be over in the blink of an eye, so make the best of it!
East Valley hopes that each and every one of you have a safe and happy holiday season!!!
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