All I want for Christmas is rest

We all know this is the most wonderful stressful time of the year. Year-end work projects, holiday social obligations, holiday work obligations, holiday school obligations - and then as parents, you’re supposed to provide your children with priceless holiday memories. And you want to provide your kids with priceless holiday memories! You want to make the holidays special because you’re a loving parent and you want your child to have the best possible upbringing.

Plus the sun goes down at 4:30, so it’s like nature is telling us to rest, while society keeps moving at a somehow even faster pace than the rest of the year.

What I’m wondering is, parents, are you having any fun? Are you getting any rest? Or are you so full of stress that when you try to “relax” or “enjoy your free time” you go into a frozen state of guilt and never actually rest? Are you wondering “what free time is she even talking about?”