There is a tightrope of tradition and new experiences in every holiday, especially once you get married and then again when you have children. What traditions does your family hold onto because someone can’t handle the change? What things would you like to try to do, but find it too hard to introduce because it’s “new”? Are there traditions you’re grateful to have because they HELP make the holiday easier? I’ll go first—without fail there is at least one present that is mislabeled. Every. Single. Year. But because it happens every year it is expected and we can all find it funny and laugh about it instead of it leading to hurt feelings or feeling like people are laughing at the giver or receiver. Like when I was 6 and my older brother got my dress—he wouldn’t pose for a picture with it, but he didn’t get upset and he understood the laughing was not aimed at him, but at the situation.

Posted by epotts@ncpd.org at 2024-12-23 15:56:01 UTC