I have loved reading this. I used to think that Christmases and New Years needed to be celebrated abundantly, but a couple of years ago we celebrated our first Christmas eve in pyjama's, with just our little family of three (me, my husband and my daughter). We didn't plan to, but it just so happened that no one could come and we actually loved the stressless night, we had bought lovely presents for each other, and had such a cozy evening that we have been doing it like that ever since. We haven't planned anything for New Year's Eve either, and I actually don't mind. I always get up so early that I hardly ever make it late in the evening. We are celebrating with family on January 2nd, we are going to mee at noon. It's just fine. And it's fun to read that we are not 'weird' for not celebrating like the commercials on TV are constantly showing us...
What a lovely surprise to see a link to my post at the end! Your post inspired me to write another blog post, about the ways I've been setting boundaries and slowing down at Christmas over the last few years.
I have loved reading this. I used to think that Christmases and New Years needed to be celebrated abundantly, but a couple of years ago we celebrated our first Christmas eve in pyjama's, with just our little family of three (me, my husband and my daughter). We didn't plan to, but it just so happened that no one could come and we actually loved the stressless night, we had bought lovely presents for each other, and had such a cozy evening that we have been doing it like that ever since. We haven't planned anything for New Year's Eve either, and I actually don't mind. I always get up so early that I hardly ever make it late in the evening. We are celebrating with family on January 2nd, we are going to mee at noon. It's just fine. And it's fun to read that we are not 'weird' for not celebrating like the commercials on TV are constantly showing us...
What a lovely surprise to see a link to my post at the end! Your post inspired me to write another blog post, about the ways I've been setting boundaries and slowing down at Christmas over the last few years.
I loved reading this, thank you Astrid!
I loved all of these, especially the favourite reads and solstice rituals ❤️ And thank you so much for the community mention!