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2016 Home For the Holidays
LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 23, 2016
demands to be “home” when they
would far prefer to be hanging
out with their friends. Young
couples in love may be happy
to be celebrated by older family
members, but their endurance
of family traditions may wear
thin quickly. Middle-aged
adults may have arrived at the
Christmas gathering already
exhausted from travel, shopping,
wrapping, getting the house ready,
cooking the meal, getting things
“just right”, and trying to keep
diversions from getting out of
control. Adults of greater age may
relish watching the younger folks,
even while being dismayed by the values and
behaviors of the cascading generations.
4. Beliefs about the holidays may also experience
a collision. Some members may be deeply
committed to the religious roots
of Christmas (or Chanukah)
while others may prefer not to
be diverted from a thoroughly
secularized winter holiday. Each
extreme is likely to find the other
extremely annoying.
Does this kaleidoscope of
emotions and expectations sound
familiar to you? Please do not
despair here are some suggestions
for a better experience of
togetherness at Christmas.
1. Talk with your family about
Holiday expectations. The
problem with great expectations is
often that they are silent dreams, deeply wished
for, but never spoken aloud. Discussing one’s
expectations may enable partnership, and even
provide
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