December is a month that overflows with ideas. Activities. Events. Special recipes. Matching outfits. Traditions we hope to fit in. Bucket lists that grow faster than the calendar allows. And it is so easy, especially at the end of the season, to look back and feel a sense of failure over what we didn’t get to. But I won’t subscribe to that kind of guilt. When I look at our holiday bucket list and notice the things we skipped, I remind myself that this season is full of bonuses. Add-ons. Extras.

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