Let's get serious. Now that our decorations are tucked away--well, my trees are still up--do you feel pressured to create the perfect holiday? Every year, do you insist that this will be the year you simply won't put pressure on yourself to have the decorations looking Instagram worthy, shopping and wrapping done early, and baking completed early so you can enjoy the season? And in your dream world, is your house clean the entire time and everyone helps out and is cheery the month of December?
Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and YouTube might not be your friend during the holidays. Those platforms are filled with creative people who can easily make us feel inadequate; like everything you do is the Charlie Brown tree compared to their creations.
Never will our house look like the stock photo above. Sometimes the Christmas letter doesn't make it out until New Year's Day. This year, I shopped until the day before Christmas Eve and baking was done by everyone else. I'm not even sure the kitchen floor got washed before everyone arrived Christmas Day. But here are some photos from our holiday season, which means we still got to experience the joy of the season.
No comments:
Post a Comment