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"Next week is Thanksgiving. Can you believe it? Where has the year gone to? Wasn&amp;#039;t it just yesterday that I was complaining about my car not having air conditioning? Now the leaves are on the ground, and I&amp;#039;m starting to slowly pack the kids&amp;#039; bags for their long Thanksgiving weekend away from hearth and home. They&amp;#039;ll have a wonderful time with their Uncle and Aunt, of course, and I&amp;#039;ll have five straight kid-free days to get some things done around the house and decorate for Christmas. I may even shop a bit, but definitely not on Black Friday. Ugh! I&amp;#039;m feeling really, really peaceful about the upcoming holiday. That&amp;#039;s honestly the best word for it. It&amp;#039;s Peter&amp;#039;s second Christmas since he left, the world has slowly righted itself, finances are fine (if not great), and I&amp;#039;m realizing more and more that we&amp;#039;re all going to be okay. Maybe even better than okay. Last year, it took all I had just to put up a garland somewhere \u2013 I just wasn&amp;#039;t feeling it. This year, I can decorate and put up every single Christmassy thing I want (with no eye rolling or &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t you think that&amp;#039;s a bit much?&amp;quot; comments). I can Bake and play Christmas music and watch every single holiday special on TV (and sing along!) with my kids. I&amp;#039;m feeling the spirit, clear down to my red and green Christmas socks this year, and not apologizing for a bit of it. What gets you into the holiday spirit? Did it take awhile for you to get that feeling back, or did it never leave? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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