Nobody tells a story with the same flair as Susan Minarik of the HighonHappiness blog. This time it’s a true tale that actually happened to a friend of hers – a friend who was facing Christmas with no money and the prospect of telling her son there’d be no presents that year. I think you’ll [...]
Seems like society has mandated that the holidays WILL be the season to be jolly. Culturally, most folks have an imprinted picture that togetherness and closeness are a natural result of it being December. The common image is that families will gather into warm and loving groups, sing fun songs, eat lovely meals and be [...]
In most Western countries, we’re right on the verge of the holiday season. First there’s Halloween, followed immediately by All Saints Day. Then after a short lull, we have Thanksgiving, another brief pause, and the one-two punch of Christmas plus New Year’s Day. In other cultures and countries the holidays differ, but the season and [...]
