{"id":7373,"date":"2018-11-14T11:07:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2018-11-14T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:07:05","slug":"tips-for-a-stress-free-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/tips-for-a-stress-free-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/articles\/TipsforaStressFreeHoliday.jpg\" alt=\"Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday\" \/><br><br \/>\n<span class=\"artTitle\">Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"art\"><br \/>\nThe hectic holiday season is often a source of stress, a time when some past practices may feel more like annual obligations than meaningful experiences. Instead of gamely embracing the seasonal chaos this year, consider freshening up your holiday style. Small changes may result in large sighs of relief all around \u2013 and in new traditions to treasure.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"art\"><span>Mix up the Meal<\/span><br \/>\nInaugurate the first-ever holiday potluck dinner. You provide the main course, while family members and friends bring side dishes, beverages and desserts.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"art\"><span>Embrace Minimalism<\/span><br \/>\nInstead of stressing over extravagant d\u00e9cor, keep it simple. Display fresh pine boughs on the mantel or place pine-scented candles on the coffee table. Holiday music will fill any undecorated spaces in your home.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"art\"><span>Avoid the Mall<\/span><br \/>\nMake charitable donations in family members\u2019 names, buy memberships to the local zoo or art museum, or pick up concert tickets for music lovers in lieu of a gift exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"art\"><span>Party Less Hearty<\/span><br \/>\nCancel your annual, all-out holiday f\u00eate. Instead, invite the nearest and dearest to drop in at an open house. By staggering the traffic over a few hours, you will have more time to spend visiting with each guest than when everyone arrives at once.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"art\"><span>Fill Your Own Stocking<\/span><br \/>\nPut yourself on your gift list. What would you like? A bubble bath with a favorite magazine and a glass of eggnog? Time to read Truman Capote\u2019s poignant \u201cA Christmas Memory\u201d aloud to your family? A volunteer shift serving dinner at the local homeless shelter? Pamper yourself as only you can.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips for a Stress-Free Holiday The hectic holiday season is often a source of stress, a time when some past practices may feel more like annual obligations than meaningful experiences. Instead of gamely embracing the seasonal chaos this year, consider &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/tips-for-a-stress-free-holiday\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-healthy-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7374,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7373\/revisions\/7374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}