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The Year Christmas Moved Houses

I host Christmas every year. I clean for weeks, plan menus, map out oven schedules, and wear a permanent dusting of flour by mid-December. This year, between my full-time job, the kids’ school chaos, and the house never staying clean for more than ten minutes, I hit a wall. I called my mom and said, as calmly as I could, that I wouldn’t be hosting. Continues…