This month, we would like to share with you a November Gratitude Challenge. This challenge can be done throughout the month, all together or individually. Thanksgiving Dinner is another great opportunity for every family member to take their turn with the Gratitude Challenge.
Gratitude Family Challenge
10 Ways to Prepare for the Holiday Season
by Jim Burns
Here it comes, right on cue! It’s November already, and the Christmas commercials have started appearing on television, stores are all decked with holly, and your kids are probably already begging for new “stuff” under the Christmas tree.
For many of us, the holiday season is a time that is anticipated with both joy and anxiety. Sure, we love the celebrations, the family traditions, and we cherish the memories of holidays gone by; but along with them, we add the stresses of preparation, expectations and the fear of letdowns, or family squabbles that we have experienced in the past. In a real sense, many of us are looking straight into the face of the holi-daze, not the holidays. With this in mind, here are 10 tips that can help restore some sanity to your family, and hopefully make for an enjoyable, meaningful holiday season. Click here to continue reading the rest of this article.