Look, it’s my favorite recycled photo from a couple years ago of me and Nick (aka Duckman). Festive?

It feels like summer just ended and now all of a sudden Thanksgiving is next week and after that, the winter holidays. The season of shiny red and green decorations every where we look, TV ads about holiday shopping, traffic jams at the mall, holiday parties, Christmas cake, cookies, and candy all over the office, and morning news segments about how get through the holidays without getting fat. FUN! I can’t wait.

Open a magazine and you’ll probably find an article about how to “survive the holidays.” What does that mean? What’s the result if you haven’t survived? You ate an entire Christmas smorgasbord, and the chaos of shopping, traveling, and your family was just too much and you’re in a ball rocking back and forth drooling egg nog, waiting to be carried off by the men in white coats? You literally transformed into a Christmas fruitcake?

I don’t think that needs to happen. But it can definitely feel like a lot of pressure! I should know, I’ve skipped out on the holidays altogether for 3 of the last 4 years. But I don’t want to do that anymore. Things don’t have to be as hard as we sometimes make them, by being too ambitious in our desire to make everything perfect and/or then delaying sorting out the details. (Being a perfectionist and a procrastinator is not an easy combo of traits to have!) Anyway, I’m getting much better in these areas.  We’re doing a pretty cool gift card promotion at One Lucky Duck (and Pure Food and Wine) (basically, like a free $20 card if you buy a $100 card, and it scales up/down, more details in the following link) through 12/20. I posted all about this on our Duck News blog and also about my favorite ideas for (perfect) holiday presents. To read that longer post and fun stuff, click here!  Happy Thanksgiving, and Happy Holidays.

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