Finding Balance on Christmas Commercialization
So after all the hemming and hawing, we celebrated a pretty classic Christmas. We did some indoctrination: read our 3 yr old The Night Before Christmas, encouraged him to leave out some carrots and cookies for Santa. We did up a stocking for him. And we did the limited gifts for everyone else. In the end I’m glad we did.
Somehow in aiming for no gifts, the gifts that happened were just right… impromptu, gag gifts that made for a funny Christmas morning, and still let people know that you’d thought about what they would like (or what would make them laugh.) Continue Reading »





