The Parents Yap About Christmas: A Season In Review
Christmas has come and gone. Has a holiday hangover set in? Or are you singing the "Christmas Goes Too Fast" blues? The parents yap about their traditions and do a postmortem on the holiday. We hope you'll share your thoughts too.
Tasha Schlake Festel By this time every year, I usually have a Christmas hangover. All of the previous weeks' hurrying, scurrying, eating and spending leave me feeling beaten down and exhausted. Come December 26th, I am all done with Christmas, looking forward to getting past New Years' Eve, and wishing for the quick arrival of the usual routine. But for some reason, this year is different. I am not hung over! Sure, I'm tired, but I'm still feeling energized and ready to party on for the holidays, sad to say goodbye to Christmas but excitedly looking forward to New Year's Eve, even dreading the return to the grind come January 2nd. I honestly don't know why things are different this year. I did at least as much hurrying, scurrying, eating …
Colleen Guida
12:02 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
Reading this column after the holidays is a good idea because my perspective changes almost daily. I was able to relate to all three moms and laugh a bit to myself. For me, and for the moms too it seems, the holidays and whatever it brings can be different each year and you don't really know what to expect until you are in the thick of it. With four boys of different ages, our Christmas has … more ›