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Happy Blended Holidays
12 Ways "Non-Traditional" Families Can Make the Most of the End-of-Year Festivities
11. Create new traditions with your blended family.12. If you're alone during the holidays, plan something special for yourself.
Spending the holidays alone can be hard, especially if you are a single parent whose ex has the kids for Christmas or Hanukkah. Don't hang around the house feeling depressed. You might want to book a weekend at a spa or resort. Go visit an old friend who lives out of town. Or do something that's rewarding for you and helps out someone else, like volunteering at a soup kitchen or adopting a homeless pet. "Most of us have idealistic, even unrealistic, expectations for the holidays," Poulter says. "But life can be messy and unpredictable, and few people really have the Norman Rockwellesque experiences we'd like. That's as true of traditional families as it is of blended ones. So if I had to sum up my advice to parents of blended families, I would say this: Be creative, be flexible, be generous and be forgiving. Your kids will enjoy the holidays more, and so will you."
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