How do you handle holidays?
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With a lot of stress, and love. Did I mention a lot of cleaning up too?
833038
A poem or simple 'Happy Holidays!'\n\nEx. Poem to get you started:\n\n'I hope you enjoy your present\nAnd that your holidays are well-spent\nSpend your break with splendid cheer\nHave a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!'
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Meaning a change in your routine will get you out of whatever a tangle you're in over at the moment, it could be work, relationships, family crisis, personal issues, etc. Most of us release our worries and stress during a holiday -the main purpose to go on one anyway.
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Happy Turkey day to you too.\nI work in a group home for mentally ill adults.  All my children are grown and have obligations to spouses families.  So I am working, cooking the MEAL for my clients and my Hubby and Grand daughter are joining me here.\nThese people get forgotten at this time of year.  So I do what I can.
177441
we had a holiday.  what holiday.
528272
You don't have too, it your own personal choice. Remember, it is all just marketing or tradition:\n\nBirthdays - tradition\nNew Years - just marketing\nValentines Day - not a day for gift giving - just marketing\nEaster/Ostrea - tradition/marketing\nChristmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa - tradition/marketing\nAnniversaries - personal tradition\nSurgeries - personal choice\n\nYou get the point.
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I do.  My family was never that close and money is always way too tight for me that time of year.  \n\nI still love the holidays, I just  try to relax and enjoy some holiday time at home as much a possible.
928604
I have been alone for the holidays for a couple of years now and yes, it can be depressing -- when I allow myself to be (was actually feeling it a bit today, myself).  In the past, I chose to make the day about myself and being good to myself with all of my favorite things -- food, movies, a good book (great wine) -- include those things that you love in your day.  A day to -- first recognize the holiday, of course -- and then pamper myself and appreciate all that I do have rather than focus on what's missing.\n\nSome people deal with loneliness by giving to others -- I plan  to spend Christmas this way. Others need to take care of themselves before they can give to another.\n\nSpend your day by doing those things that are important to you. If spending time with your son is important and he happens to be with his father's family -- then make it about your son and plan/create a fun surprise for his return.
920405
GO WITH HIM.... Tell the folks to get used to divided holidays and promise them Christmas,  mean it.  That's when you get your presents after all.  This is something every one comes up against as they couple up.  It's not easy but compromises have to be made.  \nAn additional consideration for the future is which holiday draws the most family together at which venue.  If you feel welcome, go.  It is awful short notice if you have promised your Mom to bring the pie.
910858
Nothing.  (Not part of my culture/heritage)\nMaybe you should post in the Holidays section.....
18675
Really.... any time one feels like it. Traditionally though, I think decorating for Christmas is usually done the day of or the day after Thanksgiving.
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My dad just died on 11-02-06. He was 91. My mother has said that no one can decorate or celebrate the holidays this year. Honestly, the house is home 24/7 with nothing to do so the holidays is a diversion that can be used to entertain friends but mom says that she doesnt want to tell people that dad died because then they might come over to see her. If they do, she is directing them to her sister's house because she feels that no one came to see her and dad while he was alive.\nThe one family that she called when he died and who attended his funeral in her absence, sent food for us which my sister immediately put in the freezer for "happier times". Then they called to invite us to Thanksgiving Dinner at their house, which my mother refused. The people then told mom not to send any gifts and they would do the same in honor of her husband. It is mom's birthday today and two days before Thanksgiving, and mom has been on the phone and internet with my sister ordering gifts for these people for the holidays.\nMom was told today by a animal shelter that they will be naming the next homeless pet they save after dad.
638453
No thats a holiday. A custom is something you might do during New Years.
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Do something nice for yourself as often as you can\n\nDon't keep things bottled up - let them out periodically.   Buy a journal and let it pour out onto the paper.\n\nAlways remember that there are people that love you and that you are never alone.    Call someone up to say "Hi, I've missed you....."\n\nBuy a gift for someone in need.   Visit someone in a nursing home that never gets a visitor.   Get a letter to Santa at the post office and get some things that a child wants for Christmas.    (Buy a gift for yourself too).....   These things lift you up tremendously!!!\n\nLook in the mirror and learn to smile at yourself.  See (and feel) the smile from that person in the mirror.
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Buy clearance items from after Holiday sales ( Easter , Valentines ,or summer things etc.) Raffle them off . Big animals or Christmas items ( toys , window decorations )
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Autumn with Sweetie! We do celebrate it just because, because  of the wonderful things She does. I like any excuse for a holiday too. We enjoy the set ones like Thanksgiving ( Canadian in Oct. and American in Nov. ) and Christmas, then make more up if they don't come quickly enough for our liking. An example would be celebrating Wednesday, a very important day to us just because; LOL; because of the wonderful things She does!
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I don't think that you can "get" teachers to do anything on holidays.  I would recommend hiring a private tutor.  You should be able to find a high school or college student that would not cost a fortune.