Comments on: 5 strategies to put HAPPY in your holidays

By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:56:18 +0000

Ha ha @AKD, we have that problem here too. We live by the amazon wishlist.

By: AKD

AKD — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:52:28 +0000

We don’t have to travel for Thanksgiving, though we will travel for Christmas. I will try to keep these tips in mind! Today I’m walking around with a dark cloud over my head after my stepmother asked me AGAIN for ideas about what to get the kid for Xmas. I guess the lengthy Amazon wishlist a made a few weeks ago and forwarded to her wasn’t quite enough? Yes, total first-world problem, which merely adds to my grumpiness about it!

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:22:41 +0000

oh my god! now i feel like less of a freak for crying so much over the holidays! it’s the worst when you have to hide it and put on a happy face.

I actually try to listen (with my husband–his idea!!) to buddhist lectures in the car on the way there. My favorite is Gil Fronsdal, from the San Francisco Zen Center. His lectures are available on iTunes and are very topical like “On dealing with difficult people.”. I find it very, very, very practical and very helpful!

By: Elise

Elise — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:42:54 +0000

Thanks for this…I was secretly dreading a trip to visit my in-laws over the holidays (even though I adore them), but you’ve helped remind me how lucky we are to have great family and be healthy and wealthy enough to travel.