Haha. So I vacillate between enthusiasm for Christmas and an extreme distaste for the consumerism. My older child has fully embraced the Santa Claus myth so we’re letting her enjoy that while she can. We emphasize food and family and fun for the holidays.
Living on campus in family residence across the city from the rest of family is isolating sometimes, mostly because transit with 2 kids is daunting. We do try and lure people to the edge of the city for visits, but I know we are out of the way.
We are working to establish our own little family traditions, one of those is family pictures and snail-mail Christmas cards. Photos by Derek Stephens Photography
I’m pretty grateful that Christmas is done, hopefully we lived up to the Santa hype. Thankfully the baby is not contaminated by the Santa cult yet, but probably will be next year 😁 I have one week of winter break left to write 2 papers, polish my overdue thesis proposal, keep the kids alive and not bicker the spouse to death: wish me luck.
Find joy and love where you can!
The Reluctant Anthropologist 