and the obligation as a Jewish mom of passing this responsibility to your Jewish child who really REALLY wants (neeeeeeeeeeds) to tell their friends 😅.
I love this, Emily! It's inspiring me to take a closer look at holiday mental load and maternal labor and how it effects us via our stress system... for the better sometimes? Still working this one out!
(also, funny enough, Passover is also my favorite holiday so you are not alone there!)
This is so spot on, as a jewish gal raised with no christmas tree i've fully embraced the holiday spirit thanks to my hubs, but we still do all of the jewish holidays and traditions. best of both worlds - loved this read, thank you!
As someone who spent the bulk of her last therapy session venting about holiday stress (it me), reading this made me feel so seen and less alone. And the gentle reminder in the end was so appreciated, too. We got this!
Love this Emily!!!♥️
The obligation I felt as a small Jewish child to not mess up Santa for my classmates! So much responsibility
and the obligation as a Jewish mom of passing this responsibility to your Jewish child who really REALLY wants (neeeeeeeeeeds) to tell their friends 😅.
love this you noel freak!!!!!!
Take me next time
Big ole white man taking credit again 🎅 This is soooo good!!!
Multiple cheeses 🥰
I feel this all very deeply!!
I love this, Emily! It's inspiring me to take a closer look at holiday mental load and maternal labor and how it effects us via our stress system... for the better sometimes? Still working this one out!
(also, funny enough, Passover is also my favorite holiday so you are not alone there!)
love being in the jews who love christmas club!
Christmas is WILD. Thank you for making me realize so much about myself and my experience through this! “Completionism” just wow.
As a new mom, I can now relate of wanting to create this holiday magic for your kids and the effort it takes to all worth it when they light up.
This is so spot on, as a jewish gal raised with no christmas tree i've fully embraced the holiday spirit thanks to my hubs, but we still do all of the jewish holidays and traditions. best of both worlds - loved this read, thank you!
Wonderful and thoughtful. So many complexities in all of this and you capture them perfectly, also the joy!
As someone who spent the bulk of her last therapy session venting about holiday stress (it me), reading this made me feel so seen and less alone. And the gentle reminder in the end was so appreciated, too. We got this!
Wow this is lovey.
Same childhood, same marriage. And I feel #blessed that I can say, we can celebrate Christmas, but you are responsible for it!