WEBVTT - Second Cup: What's on your holiday fun list?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to make your holiday fun list this week.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a great time to think about any festivities

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<v Speaker 1>you would like to experience between now and the new year.

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<v Speaker 1>By making a list now, you will make a plan

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<v Speaker 1>for the things you want to do and, just as important,

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<v Speaker 1>know what doesn't really matter as much during what is

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<v Speaker 1>often a busy season. I love the holidays. I love

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<v Speaker 1>the festivities. Every year, I make a list of the

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<v Speaker 1>things I want to experience and that my family wants

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<v Speaker 1>to experience. I don't want to get to January and

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<v Speaker 1>realize that we didn't do something that we would have

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<v Speaker 1>genuinely looked forward to. Of course, after 13 Christmases in

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<v Speaker 1>the same location, I have found a lot of different

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<v Speaker 1>activities and locations that are fun to visit. We know

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<v Speaker 1>of about half a dozen holiday train exhibits. There are

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<v Speaker 1>tons of Christmas shows and concerts and holiday light displays, too.

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<v Speaker 1>We have sampled three different Breakfast with Santa options. The

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<v Speaker 1>first few years, I made a holiday fun list to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure we were making holiday memories. The past year

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<v Speaker 1>or two, I've made a list mostly to winnow things down.

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<v Speaker 1>What do my kids actually care about doing? What do

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<v Speaker 1>they not care quite so much about? When something makes

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<v Speaker 1>it on the list, I will do my best to

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<v Speaker 1>make it happen. I bought breakfast with Santa tickets for

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<v Speaker 1>The Good One, the one my daughter really wants us

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<v Speaker 1>to go to, back in October. Or this. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of bother to take seven people to the Rockettes

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<v Speaker 1>in New York City. but the Christmas spectacular is indeed spectacular.

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<v Speaker 1>People said they wanted to go. So we will. But

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<v Speaker 1>not all of the train displays are quite as exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>Not all of the holiday light displays are worth driving

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<v Speaker 1>an hour for if we've got a lot going on,

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<v Speaker 1>which we will with everyone's holiday concerts and such. The

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<v Speaker 1>upside of making a holiday fun list is that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't feel bad about not going to a particular light display.

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<v Speaker 1>We have looked at all the things we would do

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<v Speaker 1>and we have said, given that there are only three

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<v Speaker 1>weekends in December before Christmas, that this didn't make the

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<v Speaker 1>top dozen or so. It is okay to let it go.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got a lot of holiday options, I think

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<v Speaker 1>making a holiday fun list can help you feel more organized.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not considering all the things in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>every time you're looking for something to do on the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>You spend some time now, in mid-November, thinking about what

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<v Speaker 1>you have liked over the past few years and what

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<v Speaker 1>your family enjoyed, and you choose what you enjoy most.

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<v Speaker 1>You can certainly do additional stuff as it comes up,

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<v Speaker 1>if it makes sense, or if you get some great

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<v Speaker 1>new opportunity. But the good stuff you know will happen.

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<v Speaker 1>So take some time this weekend to make a holiday

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<v Speaker 1>fun list. Talk to the people in your life that

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<v Speaker 1>you spend time with and ask what they most enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>over the past few holiday seasons. What was special? What

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<v Speaker 1>was fun? What would they like to see repeated? You

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<v Speaker 1>might start creating a rough plan for executing on this list.

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<v Speaker 1>Start with scheduling the things that only happen at a

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<v Speaker 1>certain time. The Christmas Eve service only happens on December 24th.

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<v Speaker 1>Our particular breakfast with Santa is only offered one time,

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<v Speaker 1>so we have to build around that. But the Rockettes

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<v Speaker 1>put on multiple shows a day through the holiday season.

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<v Speaker 1>We will need to buy tickets and plan to go

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<v Speaker 1>to New York, but we have lots of options. And

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<v Speaker 1>then there are the things that can be more flexible,

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<v Speaker 1>like baking cookies. That could happen during any open stretch

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<v Speaker 1>of two hours or so. but it is good to

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<v Speaker 1>know that you want to do it so you can

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<v Speaker 1>slot it in. If you make a holiday fun list

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<v Speaker 1>this week, I would love to hear what's on it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can let me know at laura at lauravandercam.com. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening. And here's

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<v Speaker 1>to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening

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