Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is that if you celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas or
Speaker 1: Hanukkah with the same people, it can be convenient to
Speaker 1: make your December holiday plans at Thanksgiving. It is often easier.
Speaker 2: To make plans in person than over text or email.
Speaker 2: Plus it's helpful to have a plan in advance so
Speaker 2: no one has to scramble at the last minute. Many
Speaker 2: families have some sort of routine for their holiday celebrations.
Speaker 2: For instance, maybe your family always gathers for a meal
Speaker 2: around four o'clock on Christmas afternoon, with everybody contributing a dish,
Speaker 2: though the entree and the person hosting may vary from
Speaker 2: year to year. Or maybe every year your family gathers
Speaker 2: at your parents' house on the second night of Hanukkah,
Speaker 2: so various branches of the family can gather with their
Speaker 2: other relatives on the first night. If your family has
Speaker 2: a basic plan you follow every year, Thanksgiving is a
Speaker 2: great time to take that plan from vague to specific.
Speaker 2: For example, if you will gather in December for a
Speaker 2: big family meal with each person contributing a dish, or
Speaker 2: to figure out a Thanksgiving who is bringing what? You
Speaker 2: could circulate a sign up sheet or ask each person
Speaker 2: what they want to bring and take notes. If the
Speaker 2: adults usually draw names to exchange gifts, you could draw
Speaker 2: names at Thanksgiving. Just be sure to make provisions for
Speaker 2: anyone who is not at Thanksgiving dinner but will be
Speaker 2: part of the Christmas gift exchange. If you give gifts
Speaker 2: to multiple people in December, Thanksgiving can be a great
Speaker 2: time to ask these people if there is anything in
Speaker 2: particular they would like. You will be able to ask
Speaker 2: them questions live and maybe even go through some options together,
Speaker 2: or quickly work out a group gift for someone without
Speaker 2: a lot of digital back and forth. Of course, your
Speaker 2: family may have default plans that you follow every December,
Speaker 2: but those plans may not be working for everybody anymore.
Speaker 2: If that is the case, Thanksgiving can be a great
Speaker 2: time to reimagine what your December gathering could be, and
Speaker 2: if your family doesn't have a basic plan for celebrating
Speaker 2: the December holidays, Thanksgiving can be an ideal time to
Speaker 2: do big picture planning while you are gathered in the
Speaker 2: kitchen cleaning up from Thanksgiving dinner, you can talk about
Speaker 2: your hopes and plans for Christmas or whatever else you celebrate.
Speaker 2: You can talk about what you'd like to do while
Speaker 2: you are seeing each other, who will host, and when
Speaker 2: you will gather. Even if you don't figure out all
Speaker 2: the logistics at that time, you can get a shared
Speaker 2: vision and pave the way for more specific planning. Thanksgiving, Hanukkah,
Speaker 2: and Christmas come fast on each other's heels at what
Speaker 2: is usually a very full time of year. If you
Speaker 2: gather with the same people for each holiday, planning for
Speaker 2: the next holiday while you're to gather at Thanksgiving can
Speaker 2: ensure everyone has plenty of lead time for doing their part,
Speaker 2: and it means you can plan live rather than needing
Speaker 2: to do it all remotely, so you will probably be
Speaker 2: more efficient and cheerful during the planning process too. In
Speaker 2: the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's
Speaker 2: to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening
Speaker 2: to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback,
Speaker 2: you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com.
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