{"id":4991,"date":"2025-12-14T11:35:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2025-12-14T11:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:35:49","slug":"this-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/?p=4991","title":{"rendered":"This Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Who doesn&#8217;t love the holidays? Lots of people, actually. If you&#8217;re stressed out, I have some suggestions. First of all, ignore signs like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"513\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WP_20151128_12_21_31_Pro-2.jpg?resize=513%2C250\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WP_20151128_12_21_31_Pro-2.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WP_20151128_12_21_31_Pro-2.jpg?resize=150%2C73&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/WP_20151128_12_21_31_Pro-2.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If it&#8217;s <em>NEW<\/em> it can&#8217;t be a <em>TRADITION, <\/em>not if you accept the dictionary definition (&#8220;a long established custom passed from generation to generation&#8221;). Besides, you&#8217;re probably too busy to add anything <em>NEW<\/em> to your to-do list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re absolutely determined to try something <em>NEW, <\/em>here&#8217;s a possibility:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"503\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/child-drop-off.jpg?resize=503%2C260\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2817\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>DROP-OFF<\/em> your <em>CHILD<\/em> and let peace and quiet descend. Brilliant! And if the kid comes back in less-than-perfect condition, you can always go here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"71\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/P1010985.jpg?resize=625%2C71\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-914\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After you pick up your clean, neatly folded offspring, stash them in a drawer and head to the mall. But avoid this store:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/P1010815.jpg?resize=347%2C260\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-668\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Why would you buy something at a store promising to lower the price after you&#8217;ve plunked over some cash? Be wary of this shop, too:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"166\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grammarianinthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/P1010705.jpg?resize=166%2C260\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\" style=\"width:166px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>99 CENT <\/em>part sounds good, but what about the <em>PLUS? <\/em> Thousand-dollar <em>T-SHIRTS<\/em>, million-dollar <em>UNDERWEAR<\/em> . . . the sky&#8217;s the limit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s all the advice I have today, except for this: Find a way to enjoy whatever holidays you celebrate, and find a way to help someone who needs it. I wish you all the joy of this holiday season! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who doesn&#8217;t love the holidays? 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