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Episode 67: Empty Nest Christmas – Remembering Traditions, Adjusting Expectations, & Redefining Christmas

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My mom is here to talk about Christmas.

Like all the episodes I do with my mom, we have a working title, overall theme but no outline. However, this episode ended up with 4 distinct segments: Part 1 The Italians (my mom’s paternal side) moving to the US and establishing Christmas traditions, Part 2 My mom’s childhood – same same but different, Part 3 Married with children – building new traditions, Part 4 How all of that influences her feelings about what she has now - an Empty Nest Christmas.