Christmas
Every year, my 15-year-old sister sends my family her Christmas list, and it gives me a snapshot into the hallways of high schools for Gen Alpha.As the youngest of three sisters, she sends the list to our mom, our eldest sister, and me to divvy up how we see fit.…
It’s traditional for our family to go Christmas tree shopping together, even though my kids are now 15 and 17 and practically leading their own lives.This year was no exception. We found a brief window between my daughter’s clock-in time for her part-time job at a gift store and my…
Each year, our Christmas season gets increasingly expensive. There are six of us in our family, and then, of course, there are aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, teachers, and bus drivers that we also like to show our appreciation to. The list goes on and on.As financially savvy as we try…
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Gone are the bare white branches and blood-red forests that once adorned the halls of the White House in December. Instead, they’ve been replaced with classic Christmas trees and standard-issue garlands.While first lady Melania Trump’s Christmas decorations leaned more avant-garde in her first term, during a visit to the White…
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