Peaceful christmas scenery9/17/2023 ![]() If you only do one declutter project right now, that is the ideal time of year for a toy one. In addition to decluttering, staying organized will also help with simplifying the season so things don’t get too out of hand. This is an excellent time of year to remove the excess in your home before adding more. Declutterīefore busting out all the Christmas lights and decorations and definitely before buying all the new things and gifts…declutter. Remember, it’s okay to say “no” to preserve your family’s time during the holidays to avoid social burnout plus leave room for spontaneity. Keep a close watch on your December calendar so it doesn’t get overbooked and overwhelming. Plan your “must-dos” (i.e, the neighborhood Christmas sweater party or the kindergarten cookie exchange) then fill in activities as you see fit. Make it a simple Christmas by not over-scheduling you or your family. “Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store, perhaps Christmas means a little bit more.” The Grinch, Dr.Norman Rockwell perfection isn’t necessary.Repeating a chosen mantra increases positive thought flow and decreases the negative helping you keep priorities at the forefront. ![]() Keep Christmas simple by boiling it down to one main idea. Identifying what matters most allows you to put things into perspective and enjoy a simple Christmas season. ![]() Everything else can (or not) happen from that point. What do you and your family love the most about the holidays? Gift exchanging? Traditional holiday meals or sweets? Your family’s annual Christmas party?Ĭonsider what matters most to you and start there for priorities. 21 Ways to Lower Holiday Stress and Enjoy a Simple Christmas See below tips for lowering holiday stress and enjoying a simple Christmas. You want to create the memories and carry on with the traditions, but you don’t want to feel extra stressed while doing it. To limit your overwhelm, there are ways to simplify Christmas and make it less frenzied and more peaceful. And no matter how different everyone’s holiday priorities may be, we can all agree this time of year is meant to be joyful, not stressful. However, it takes effort to make the holidays “happen.” That effort can sometimes fall completely on you, making this time of year more stressful then it should be. The beautiful thing about Christmas is we all have special traditions and ways to celebrate the holiday season.īE ready for the holidays! Get the Christmas Prep Timeline to stay organized this holiday season (blank monthly calendars included too!) It means watching Home Alone in PJs or toasting with friends in our holiday finest and sharing the Christmas Story with my children.įor you it could mean many other things: perhaps its an annual ski trip, or the local Grinch performance or a special holiday meal on Christmas Eve. This first step helps simplify Christmas and give focus to what matters most for you and your family.Ĭhristmas for me means cozy, festive decor and caroling at church on Christmas Eve. Then it dawned on me: start with what Christmas means to each of us. I am wrapping what feels like the 100th gift with frustrated vigor, trying to finish it all before going to bed or collapsing on the sofa to watch It’s a Wonderful Life.Īll the while, thinking “surely there’s a better way than feeling so rushed right up to Christmas Eve?” And so then the question became, “how do we slow down and have a simple Christmas that is still festive and fun without the stress?” The bird’s name remains redbreast.Inside: Enjoy a simple Christmas with these 21 tips so the holidays are festive and fun without all the stress. ![]() In 1555 the French biologist and nature writer Pierre Belon tried in his ‘L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux’ (The natural history of birds) to change the bird’s name to orangebreast with his suggestion that the bird is more ‘orengee couleur’, but to no avail. By then the bird already had the name redbreast and so it remained. In 1512 the term orange was introduced in England. Derived from the Old French pomme d’orenge, which ultimately has its roots in Sanskrit. It was only with the introduction of oranges that the colour orange got its name. Every colour that was in that direction was red, see for example red deer if one talks about more brown-orange deer. But why not orange? This is due to the fact that there was no name at all for the colour orange before the sixteenth century. And the scientific species name rubecula also refers to the “reddish” colour. And yet the name redbreast returns in many languages: in the Netherlands it’s called roodborst, in France rouge gorge and in Germany Rotkehlchen, all meaning red chest or throat. And why aren’t robins called orangebreasts? After all, their breasts aren’t red at all, they are orange. ![]()
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