Do you think if I played dead for a day I’d wake up and the house would be clean, the bags would be packed, the cooking would be finished and the Thanksgiving meals would be had.

Nah.

And I wouldn’t want to miss all of this.

For the first time in years I’m in the mood for the holidays.

Any tips on surviving the holidays without having to fake dead? Being in the mood helps, at least on the onset but will I survive another one without even more gray hairs? What about the ex-factor and sharing over the holidays? What about the budget? But what about all of the good stuff – like holiday parties? Christmas morning around the tree with the kids…

Tell me how you really feel and one of you will win a special holiday present from me! I’m not going to tell you what it is, but it will be wrapped and it will arrive right around Christmas.

My advice?

Take it like a champ. Pull yourself up and face the holidays with the right attitude – don’t let the scrooges and the grumps get you down.

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