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We had a busy, festive weekend planned: more Christmas lights, a special shopping event, a mini road trip. How cheery and fun, right?

Except after my work Christmas party, more shopping, more wrapping, looking up recipes, and a never-ending to-do list that keeps growing, it just felt overwhelming. Well, guess what? There’s no federal law that requires us to attend every holiday event that comes our way. I thought about it and decided we would exercise our right to say “no”.

So we did just that. With one simple word, my husband and I cleared our calendar for the entire weekend. It was a rainy, chilly weekend, and we thoroughly enjoyed hibernating inside together. Just relaxing with a book and reading more than a few sentences is a luxury these days, and I loved every minute, listening to the rain until I got sleepy.

We ventured out for a low-key date night, and I ended up buying yet another roll of Christmas wrapping paper, something we absolutely do not need. We have enough Christmas paper to wrap presents for the next 50 years. But it was pretty, and instead of reminding me that we had more than enough already, my husband laughed and told me, “Go ahead and get it.” And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we have roughly 6,000 rolls of wrapping paper in the closet!

Last night, with the Christmas tree lights and mantle lights peacefully glowing and twinkling, I was grateful we shifted gears at the last minute and had a quiet, cozy weekend instead of running around all over the place. Those two days flew by at breakneck speed, of course, and it’s back to the hustle today. We are expecting no less than five packages in the mail today, some last minute Christmas gifts…so it looks like I have a hot date with those 6,000 rolls of Christmas wrapping paper!