10 More Things About The Holidays and Me (and CP)

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It's hard to believe that it's been four years (to the day) since I wrote the first 10 Things About The Holidays and Me (and CP).  A lot can change in four years, and for me, a lot has.  So I figured it was time to update this list:

[Image is: Celebrating Christmas, 2018 with a selfie and a Christmas hat filter]

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1) Yes, hello.  Leslie Odom Jr's The Christmas Album is everything.  We have quite a few triggers around Christmas, including some Christmas music, so it's always notable when a new album comes out.  A fresh take on classic song, or a brand new song (Cold, anyone???) can be so nice.

2) Advent calendars are lovely.  I knew there were countdown calendars to Christmas but I honestly wasn't familiar with Advent calendars - the kind that offer little goodies in each day - until I spoke to a friend last Christmas, who kept us updated on her tea calendar and her wine calendar.  Amazing.  (Ours is essential oils.)

3)  CBD is amazing for cold winter months.  We use CBD Daily products.  Not a sponsored post, we just really appreciate how it helps us with increased spasticity and cold weather pain.  (For more products we use and love, check out the CP Survival Guide.)

4) I'm here for all the sister time.  For the first time in years, Tara gets to be here during the holidays.  Not working nonstop with not enough time off and constantly beyond exhausted.  We are loving all the time the new job is letting us have together.

5)  The Christmas movie we watch every year now?  The Holiday.  It's not super traditional as far as holiday viewing and that is part of why it works for us.

6)  Favorite random gift?  I'm honestly not one for random gifts.  Gift-giving is near the bottom of my love languages.  But I love gifts that show you really know me.  That what I say and what I love matters to you.

7)  Gift-wrapping is not easy with CP but it's something I love doing.  This year, after wrapping some of my gifts, Tara left behind the leftover smaller pieces of wrapping paper in case I could use them.  This was the perfect solution to not straining myself trying to measure and cut paper off the roll.  My wrapping still doesn't look the greatest, but it's CP-wrapping.  It's its own thing.

8)  We still love our Santa decoration.  He reminds us of our great grandpa.  Don't judge.

9)  We have always (and probably will always) have artificial trees rather than a real one.  This is for trauma reasons as much as it is for accessibility reasons.  

10)  Our go-to Hallmark movie of the season is Jerrika Hinton's A Majestic Christmas.  So good.  Watch it if you haven't already.  I think it's available on Hulu.

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