Hanukkah starts at sundown on Sunday niight. Is your Menorah set and ready to go? Got the various latkes recipes and blintzes for everyone's tastes? How about the Sufganiyot and the Rugelach for dessert?
Ah, yes. That Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
You know, maybe Italians have the right idea by taking the month of August off for "Ferragosto", or August Rest, so they can enjoy the summer. Not a bad idea.
But, instead, we should make it from Thanksgiving until New Year's Day so we can get everything done for the holidays. And purge ourselves from the stress which traditionally builds up all through December.
And we could really enjoy the sights and lights, as we not only have peace on earth... and to ourselves. That would be a great present we could ALL enjoy.
When the celebrations are done and we return to our normal winter lives, we can look back on truly great memories with fondness, rather than relief, as we feel refreshed and recharged from our "Festa d' Inverno" or Winter Festival. That would be great!
So, close your eyes, take deep breath and relax. You will get through it; you always do. Maybe even if you only imagine this could be real for a moment, your stress will clear away and make it disappear.
With tales of the glories. Or fantasies.
Wouldn't it be wonderful?
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