Rating: Summary: Great ideas to de-stress your holidays Review: This book is a great compendium of ideas for taking the hectic out of the holidays. St. James challenges our pre-conceived notions that we must do all the things we've always done, and even that all our friends and relatives will really care if we stop!I'd like to mention for the true fans of St. James and her Simplicity movement that there will be a chat with this author on the womenconnect website on Fri., Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. ET. Enjoy!
Rating: Summary: A great stress-buster! Review: This book is chock-full of great tips for reducing the stress we all feel at holiday time. How much should we spend on our tree? Did I get the kids enough presents? What do I get for Aunt Sue THIS year? How can I get out of the office party without riling the boss? One of my favorite section begins on Page 29 with "Take a Poll". Here, you're encouraged to ask your family members how they really feel about your holiday traditions. What traditions do they like enough to keep doing? Which are painful, boring or ridiculous enough to dump? Another home run is found on page 87: Rethink your Christmas Card Tradition. St. James gives good advice on how to give your holiday mailing list (why not apply this advice to your Christmas gift list, too?) a liposuction treatment. And, all without guilt! This book is intelligent and certainly seems to have a wide audience. Frankly, anyone with financial concerns (do you still want to be paying Christmas credit card bills next July?), time restraints (wouldn't you rather spend the time taking your kids to the movies?) or emotional issues (if the hoidays are supposed to be peaceful, gracious and dignified, then why am I so depressed?) should find St. James' advice helpful. Try just 10 of her tips and your life this December will improve. I liked this book so much that I'm going to give IT for Christmas!
Rating: Summary: A great stress-buster! Review: This has some excellent ideas for truly enjoying the holiday season, along with cutting down the costs, & some of the hecticness I think we all experience. This book can help us get rid of some of the expectations we impose on ourselves & that we allow others to impose on us. Some of the ideas, of course are not for everyone & a bit extreme. But it can give you a beginning to ending the madness & a start to assessing what is truly important! READ NOW!
Rating: Summary: Read this & learn to REALLY enjoy the holidays! Review: This has some excellent ideas for truly enjoying the holiday season, along with cutting down the costs, & some of the hecticness I think we all experience. This book can help us get rid of some of the expectations we impose on ourselves & that we allow others to impose on us. Some of the ideas, of course are not for everyone & a bit extreme. But it can give you a beginning to ending the madness & a start to assessing what is truly important! READ NOW!
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