https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/taking-in-the-lights-holiday-update/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/taking-in-the-lights-holiday-update/#comment-293341 Sat, 04 Dec 2021 10:06:18 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18300#comment-293341 We used to do a cousins gift exchange where everyone drew names. This was fraught with emotion and disappointments sometimes. I fully sympathize.

]]> https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/taking-in-the-lights-holiday-update/#comment-292246 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 02:48:35 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18300#comment-292246 You could still do the sibling gift idea-it just would just be a gift rather than a Secret Santa gift.

]]> https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/12/taking-in-the-lights-holiday-update/#comment-292234 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:28:06 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18300#comment-292234 We do 2 trees and I can whole-heartedly recommend it. The “main” tree is a pretty one in the living room that I have some control over. This is where Santa leaves the presents. The second is smaller and goes in the playroom/family room and the kids decorate it with no input from me as they see fit. It is much better than relegating the not so pretty ornaments to the back of the tree.

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