WEBVTT - Celebrate little holidays

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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 celebrate little holidays in general. It's better

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<v Speaker 1>to embrace any opportunity for festivity rather than letting these

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<v Speaker 1>moments just pass us by. So a great many years

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<v Speaker 1>ago one of our babysitters introduced my children to the

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<v Speaker 1>concept of the Saint Patrick's Day Leprechaun. And I don't

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<v Speaker 1>just mean in a mythical sense or drawing him in

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<v Speaker 1>coloring books or something. They learned that as part of

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Patrick's Day celebrations, one could build a trap to

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<v Speaker 1>catch a leprechaun, and if the leprechaun escaped, he'd probably

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<v Speaker 1>leave them presents. Now, I have to say I was

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<v Speaker 1>not a big fan of yet another magical creature holiday.

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<v Speaker 1>We get visits from the Easter Bunny and the Tooth

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<v Speaker 1>Fairy and Santa Claus already, so I wasn't sure we

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<v Speaker 1>really needed to be blessed with yet another visit. But

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<v Speaker 1>the kids really enjoyed it, and so over the years

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<v Speaker 1>I've gotten a bit more into the idea of not

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<v Speaker 1>being a Saint Patrick's Day scrooge. But even without visits

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<v Speaker 1>from magical creatures, there are lots of ways to celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>a minor holiday. Making fun shaped or colored pancakes is

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<v Speaker 1>a good one. It's pretty easy to make pancake batter

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<v Speaker 1>red for Valentine's Day and make heart shaped pancakes, or

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<v Speaker 1>to color the batter green and make shamrock shaped pancakes

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<v Speaker 1>for Saint Patrick's Day. Everyone likes the whimsy of holiday

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<v Speaker 1>themed candy or wearing the appropriate color. If the holiday

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<v Speaker 1>is associated with a particular country or culture, it might

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<v Speaker 1>be possible to eat the cuisine from that culture for dinner.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got kids, you might check out a book

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<v Speaker 1>from the library that's based on that holiday and read

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<v Speaker 1>this as a bedtime story. None of this is particularly difficult,

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<v Speaker 1>but it does involve recognizing that the holiday is coming up.

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<v Speaker 1>It means noting it on the calendar and making a

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<v Speaker 1>few preparations. So that is work. But then when you

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<v Speaker 1>do that, the day feels a little more memorable. So

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<v Speaker 1>much of life just disappears into the past. But a

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<v Speaker 1>day when you all wear green sweaters and have shamrock

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<v Speaker 1>pancakes and check to see if the leprechaun escape from

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<v Speaker 1>the special trap you built and then enjoy Irish food

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<v Speaker 1>for dinner is just going to be a little more memorable.

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<v Speaker 1>So why not celebrate a few little holidays. You can

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<v Speaker 1>look through your calendar and see what appeals to you,

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<v Speaker 1>or it could be a regularly occurring occasion like the

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<v Speaker 1>full moon. But there's nothing wrong with putting a little

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<v Speaker 1>more festivity into life. Little adventures shake things up and

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<v Speaker 1>that is a good thing. In the meantime, This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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