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Katherine Chartier, Lafayette Marriage Advice Examiner, offers a great perspective on defining traditions.

"Tis the season to be jolly"....or not!? With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays stress, at times, gets the best of most of us and spending a night out with a spouse or having quality family time seems out of the question. Presents to buy and wrap, parties galore, cooking, and cleaning are at the least, quite a 'chore'. Yet, it is in these seemingly stressful times that some of the best memories and family traditions are born.

We at Homecare By Design want to thank everyone who donated to this year's 10th annual Christmas for Everyone, sponsored by the Red Cross and several church organizations. We were able to serve as a drop spot for anyone wanting to donate toys this year.

Helping families in need, we are excited to see fellow members of the community assist and donate toys to over 2,000 children. Again, thank you for helping out this year. For more information about the event, view the article on wlfi.com.

The holiday season is upon us. Christmas music started right after Halloween. We stuffed ourselves for Thanksgiving then stood in line for hours on “black Friday” trying to get that special item ½ off that we knew someone on our list wanted. For some of us, we stress over what to buy, how much to spend and who all we have to buy for. As we bustle along, working, shopping, sleeping only to get up and do it all over again we forget what the meaning of Christmas really is...