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An Attitude of December 6: Bake cookies. Cover highlighter pen handy and mark an
Gratitude them with icing and sprinkles. People “X” on the ones you don’t like.
will think you’re Martha Stewart.
by Valerie Nusbaum Seriously, don’t sweat it. You’ll be December 14-18: Finish shopping
throwing them away in February. and wrapping. If you like eggnog, buy
some and add rum to it. Drink it. Plan
Once again, the holidays are upon December 2: Make another list December 7: Update your your menu for Christmas dinner. Buy
us. I’ve been seeing advent calendars of all the gifts you still need to Christmas card list. Highlight the more eggnog.
for kids in all the stores, and it buy. Highlight the names of the names of people you don’t like.
occurred to me that someone really people you don’t like. Go to the Get out your Christmas cards. Use December 19: If you’re using a real
should invent an advent calendar for grocery store and buy all of your the ones you got in the mail from tree, buy it or cut it today. Follow the
women. Instead of finding a piece of baking supplies. Remember, it’s organizations asking for donations. directions for an artificial tree. Go to
candy or a little present behind each cheaper to buy a couple of rolls of Sign and seal them. Do NOT enclose a friend’s holiday open house. Take
of the twenty-five doors, out should cookie dough—nobody really likes a form letter unless it is very funny. some of the cookies you baked.
pop a list of the thirty-seven things Christmas cookies anyway.
that she has to do that day in order December 8: Send a donation to December 20: Watch It’s a
to make sure everything is ready for December 3: Go shopping. Buy the organization whose cards you Wonderful Life. Somebody dies in that
Christmas. boxes of candy for all the highlighted used. Go to the Post Office and buy one, too. Go to the holiday pageant at
Since I like a challenge, and I’ll do names on your list. stamps since you forgot to get them school or church. Smile.
anything to avoid actual work, I’ve earlier. Mail your cards.
decided to give you, dear readers, December 4: If you’re using an December 21: It’s officially the
a condensed version of what you’d artificial Christmas tree, put it up December 9: Review your list. shortest day of the year. Take a small
find behind those little advent doors. tonight. If you live with other people, Scratch off two highlighted items. You bundle of twigs and tie them together
It’s my gift to you. I’ve made a few let them decorate it. It won’t look aren’t going to do them anyway. Go with one red ribbon and one green
adjustments here and there to help great, but it will be one thing you shopping again. Buy something nice ribbon. Snap them in half. Throw
make your holidays a little simpler. won’t have to do. for yourself. Don’t tell your husband, the half bundled in red into a fire. It
because he’ll think that means he represents the things you want to let
December 1: Make a list of all December 5: Watch a Hallmark doesn’t need to buy a gift for you. Buy go of. Keep the half bundled in green.
the things you want to accomplish Christmas movie and have a good wrapping paper and ribbons. It represents the good things you wish
between now and Christmas Day. cry. If it’s on Hallmark, most likely to hold on to. Drink some eggnog,
Highlight anything that looks someone is going to die. While you’re December 10: Wrap presents. but don’t get too close to the fire.
improbable. Make a sub-list of things watching the movie, rearrange the If you have several gifts for one
you can delegate. ornaments on the Christmas tree. person, wrap them in the same paper December 22: Throw away your
and stack the boxes. Tie the boxes lists. At this point, if you haven’t done
together with ribbon. It looks pretty it, it’s not going to happen. Live with
and eliminates the need for gift tags. it. Drink some eggnog.
December 11: Go Christmas December 23: Watch or read A
caroling. Stand in front of your Christmas Carol. Drink eggnog and
neighbors’ houses and sing badly eat some cookies.
until they invite you in for hot
chocolate or they call the police. Put December 24: Hang and fill the
out more decorations, but only as stockings. Do the prep for Christmas
much as you can deal with putting dinner. Watch A Christmas Story.
away in January. Read The Night Before Christmas to
the kids. Go to church. Assemble the
December 12: Watch National toys and put in the batteries. Take
Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation for bites out of the cookies and drink
the hundredth time. Face it: We all some milk.
have an Uncle Lewis and a Cousin
Eddie. Go to the grocery store December 25: Open presents, cook
again and buy all the supplies for dinner, relax, and enjoy. Tomorrow
entertaining. you get to return stuff.
December 13: Host a luncheon Randy and I wish each and every
for some friends and family. Keep a one of you a wonderful holiday season!
Drop Your Change
Shopping? Don’t forget
Shop Local Support Your to drop your
change to
Community!
food banks.
Shop Local benefit area
An Attitude of December 6: Bake cookies. Cover highlighter pen handy and mark an
Gratitude them with icing and sprinkles. People “X” on the ones you don’t like.
will think you’re Martha Stewart.
by Valerie Nusbaum Seriously, don’t sweat it. You’ll be December 14-18: Finish shopping
throwing them away in February. and wrapping. If you like eggnog, buy
some and add rum to it. Drink it. Plan
Once again, the holidays are upon December 2: Make another list December 7: Update your your menu for Christmas dinner. Buy
us. I’ve been seeing advent calendars of all the gifts you still need to Christmas card list. Highlight the more eggnog.
for kids in all the stores, and it buy. Highlight the names of the names of people you don’t like.
occurred to me that someone really people you don’t like. Go to the Get out your Christmas cards. Use December 19: If you’re using a real
should invent an advent calendar for grocery store and buy all of your the ones you got in the mail from tree, buy it or cut it today. Follow the
women. Instead of finding a piece of baking supplies. Remember, it’s organizations asking for donations. directions for an artificial tree. Go to
candy or a little present behind each cheaper to buy a couple of rolls of Sign and seal them. Do NOT enclose a friend’s holiday open house. Take
of the twenty-five doors, out should cookie dough—nobody really likes a form letter unless it is very funny. some of the cookies you baked.
pop a list of the thirty-seven things Christmas cookies anyway.
that she has to do that day in order December 8: Send a donation to December 20: Watch It’s a
to make sure everything is ready for December 3: Go shopping. Buy the organization whose cards you Wonderful Life. Somebody dies in that
Christmas. boxes of candy for all the highlighted used. Go to the Post Office and buy one, too. Go to the holiday pageant at
Since I like a challenge, and I’ll do names on your list. stamps since you forgot to get them school or church. Smile.
anything to avoid actual work, I’ve earlier. Mail your cards.
decided to give you, dear readers, December 4: If you’re using an December 21: It’s officially the
a condensed version of what you’d artificial Christmas tree, put it up December 9: Review your list. shortest day of the year. Take a small
find behind those little advent doors. tonight. If you live with other people, Scratch off two highlighted items. You bundle of twigs and tie them together
It’s my gift to you. I’ve made a few let them decorate it. It won’t look aren’t going to do them anyway. Go with one red ribbon and one green
adjustments here and there to help great, but it will be one thing you shopping again. Buy something nice ribbon. Snap them in half. Throw
make your holidays a little simpler. won’t have to do. for yourself. Don’t tell your husband, the half bundled in red into a fire. It
because he’ll think that means he represents the things you want to let
December 1: Make a list of all December 5: Watch a Hallmark doesn’t need to buy a gift for you. Buy go of. Keep the half bundled in green.
the things you want to accomplish Christmas movie and have a good wrapping paper and ribbons. It represents the good things you wish
between now and Christmas Day. cry. If it’s on Hallmark, most likely to hold on to. Drink some eggnog,
Highlight anything that looks someone is going to die. While you’re December 10: Wrap presents. but don’t get too close to the fire.
improbable. Make a sub-list of things watching the movie, rearrange the If you have several gifts for one
you can delegate. ornaments on the Christmas tree. person, wrap them in the same paper December 22: Throw away your
and stack the boxes. Tie the boxes lists. At this point, if you haven’t done
together with ribbon. It looks pretty it, it’s not going to happen. Live with
and eliminates the need for gift tags. it. Drink some eggnog.
December 11: Go Christmas December 23: Watch or read A
caroling. Stand in front of your Christmas Carol. Drink eggnog and
neighbors’ houses and sing badly eat some cookies.
until they invite you in for hot
chocolate or they call the police. Put December 24: Hang and fill the
out more decorations, but only as stockings. Do the prep for Christmas
much as you can deal with putting dinner. Watch A Christmas Story.
away in January. Read The Night Before Christmas to
the kids. Go to church. Assemble the
December 12: Watch National toys and put in the batteries. Take
Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation for bites out of the cookies and drink
the hundredth time. Face it: We all some milk.
have an Uncle Lewis and a Cousin
Eddie. Go to the grocery store December 25: Open presents, cook
again and buy all the supplies for dinner, relax, and enjoy. Tomorrow
entertaining. you get to return stuff.
December 13: Host a luncheon Randy and I wish each and every
for some friends and family. Keep a one of you a wonderful holiday season!
Drop Your Change
Shopping? Don’t forget
Shop Local Support Your to drop your
change to
Community!
food banks.
Shop Local benefit area
