sonalities don’t explode again
this year. Instead, we are adults
who try like hell to understand
how we are all related to one
another.

I mean, as a side note, my
Mother (now brace yourselves,
because this is rough) voted for

 

.I try to do little things for
myself to help relieve the stress
of the holidays. I know how
worked up I can get. I try to be
less obsessive and controlling
around the holidays. Last year I
pitched a fit that would of put
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watching professional
wrestling. When I have the
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are not lifting a finger (after
flushing and washing my hands
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look forward to strategizing
how best to incorporate both
parents and their partners into
this extravaganza.

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tled about something or another
and end up telling each other
exactly what the other could
have done better with their
lives. I mean almost to the point
of flip charts. By the time the
whole thing is over, I feel like
Bette Davis in All About Eve,
when she is downing the marti-
nis in the aquarium-sized glass
just looking to pick a fight.

I always take a deep breath
right before the season begins
and wish for the best. I hope
that it will snow Christmas
morning and that my family will
be together with warm smiles
and open hearts. I pray that
everyone will be able to enjoy
this season and that it is every-
thing that they would like it to
be.

I wish for better furniture and
a more flattering wardrobe and
secretly I yearn that this year I
will be able to see a little more
of that holiday magic I had as a
child but miss as an adult.

   

the holidays are to me. This
time when, if you’re really
Iucky,.memories are created
that will stay with you forever.
That affords you the privilege
of truly appreciating the smile
on a child’s face or the warm
embrace of a couple as they
walk up Church St. with the
snow falling and the white
lights dancing over head.

The stress comes and goes,
but those memories, even the
harsh ones, stay with you forev-
er and believe me, it would be a
lonely existence ifthey didn’t. I
hope that everyone has a great
holiday season full of love,
laughter, and gift certificates to
your favorite stores.

Pumpkins, that is my advice
to you eat, drink, and get Mary.
I mean really if Santa wasn’t
family would he have dressed
in red velvet and snow leopard
trim with patent leather boots?
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