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It’s OK 2 Say Nope 2 Holidays + Podcast: Dog Days + L. Brummet’s Leeks

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Wish the holidays would just go away? It’s okay to tell them to go away.

Holidays can be nice — and terrible! Family can bring us to our knees — both to swoon and to cringe. Romance can make our hearts flutter or seize.

From Halloween to New Year’s, at least here in the United States, we’re inundated 24/7 with messages of how this is the time for families and lovers. We’re instructed to either kiss, or to kiss and make up.

fullsizerender-5Sometimes none of that is possible or isn’t in our best interest.

Traditional or sacred, I invite you to join me in acknowledging that ignoring any special day is perfectly acceptable. Never, sometimes, always; we can give any number of them a rest, whenever we please.

What matters is that we do everything to get through them as best we can — whatever it takes to mark time, to survive, to thrive through and into gentle holiday-free January.

Do you ever prefer to ignore holidays?

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Happiness Between Tails speaks to and from the heart. It connects lovers — of pets, authors, books — and of my still-unreleased novels, “Flamenco + the Sitting Cat” and “Tango + the Sitting Cat.” The stories are my love letters to all who fear they're too odd, too damaged, too old, too whatever to find happiness. ContactdaAL@gmail.com • BuyMeACoffee.com/SupportHBT

74 thoughts on “It’s OK 2 Say Nope 2 Holidays + Podcast: Dog Days + L. Brummet’s Leeks”

  1. An interesting thought! At this time of the year there is certainly great pressure to “join in” and “celebrate”, which basically means overindulging, overspending, and other excesses. The strength to ignore … is not just a vital strength to develop at this time of the year though, but at other times and during other experiences.

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  2. I am happy when Jan1st comes along. Thanksgiving is great because it’s not commercial. My favorite thing about Xmas is hanging with 6-8 family members, including adult nieces and nephews from Xmas eve to Xmas day. We eat, play games and laugh in our pjs. Not a lot of gifts and a lot of fun.

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  3. I think the over-commercialization can get us down sometimes – we feel like we’re not living up to standards when the standards are all just promotional hype to sell more stuff. The best way to celebrate holidays is the way that is meaningful to you, no matter what anyone else thinks.

    Daal, I wish you a relaxed, meaningful month doing what you love best.

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    1. Thank you, Sharon – & you too! This year I’m having the non-crumudgeon type. At the same time want to bolster those who, like me at times, wish it would just go away. Yes, in commercial sense, but also in terms of over-high expectations that it be happy & social.

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