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IT'S TIME ONCE AGAIN TO PREP
MAY DREAD.
WE HAVE BILL CORBETT HERE TO
WITH ADVICE ON HOW TO HAVE A
HAPPIER HOLIDAY SEASON.
WELCOME, BILL.
GREAT TO BE HERE.
Ashley: WITH WE CAN LISTEN
AND GET SOME GOOD ADVICE.
THE FIRST IS SET REALISTIC
EXPECTATIONS FOR KIDS.
WE REMEMBER CHRISTMAS AS KID.
WE REMEMBER THE GOOD STUFF.
WE TRY TO RECREATE IT WITH OUR
KIDS AND WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK
RELAX.
OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO BE CRAZY.
THINGS ARE TOUGH.7q
TRY NOT TO CREATE AN EXPECTATION
AND THEN GET UPSET WHEN IT
DOESN'T FOLLOW THROUGH THE WAY
YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD.
Ashley: I ALREADY HAVE FELT
THAT WAY.
THAT'S GREAT ADVICE.
NEW TRADITIONS.
WE GET LOCKED INTO WHAT OUR
PARENTS DID, AND THAT'S GREAT
BUT SAMPLE SOME NEW WATER.
TRY SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE GAVE OUR KID A PRESENT ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
THAT WAS FORBIDDEN WHEN WE WERE
GROWING UP.
CHRISTMAS ARE FOR CHRISTMAS
MORNING.
WE GAVE PRESENTSc CHRISTMAS EVE,
AND THEY WERE PAJAMAS, AND THEN
WE WOULD HAVE FUN WITH IT AND
HIDE THOSE PAJAMAS.
Ashley: DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE TO BE LOCKED IN IN AND TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
THAT YOUR KIDS WILL CARRY ON.
Ashley: AND BE THE PERSON
THAT YOUR CHIRP WANT YOU TO BE.
YOU'RE ON STAGE.
THEY'RE LISTENING TO EVERY WORD
THAT YOU SAY, CHRISTMASTIME IS
ABOUT LOVE AND IT'S ABOUT MAGIC.
CREATE THAT THROUGH YOUR EVERY
DAY LIFE.
BE A MAGICAL--BE A PERSON THAT
YOU TRULY WANT TO BE AND
ULTIMATELY THE PERSON YOU WANT
AN ADULT.
Ashley: VERY GOOD TO
REMEMBER.
YOU'RE IN A LOT OF PEOPLE'S
HOMES, AND YOU HAVE TO HANDLE
GOOD BEHAVIOR IN THEIR HOMES.
YOU HAVE TO UNDER THAT THE
HOLIDAYS ARE LIKE CHAOS, VISUAL
EXPRESSION AND KIDS CAN GO CRAZY
REALLY EASY.
CONSEQUENCE IN ADVANCE.
IF WE HAVE DIFFICULTY AT AUNT
BETTIES HOUSE WE'RE GOING HOME.
THE KIDS DON'T WANT THE THING TO
END SO THEY MAY BE MORE INCLINED
TO BEHAVE.
BUT IF YOUR KIDS START GOING
ABOUT A LISTBALLISTIC BECAUSE THEY'RE
HOME.
JUST SAY IT'S TIME TO GO.
DON'T SAY I'M SICK AND TIRED OF
YOU--JUST GO HOME.
THE EVENING IS DONE, BUT YOU'VE
GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE EVENINGS.
Ashley: TO PREFACE THE NIGHT
EXPECT.
REDUCE THE TOYS AND GIFTS.
TOYS.
THAT'S NICE.
THAT'S A GREAT THING TO DO, BUT
THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS
WE CAN DO IN THE HOLIDAYS LIKE
HELP OUT AT THE LOCAL SOUP
KITCHEN AND HELP OUT WHERE THEY
NEED VOLUNTEERS.
WHAT A GREAT THING TO PUT ON FOR
YOUR KIDS TO DEMONSTRATE
ALTRUISM, TO GIVE TO OTHERS.
THAT'S WHAT CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT,
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE WRAPPED
GIFT BUT YOUR TIME, YOUR LOVE
AND YOUR IDEAS.
THAT.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE FOR ADULTS TO
HEAR THAT, TOO.
THAT'S WONDERFUL TO HEAR.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
DON'T OVERSCHEDULE.
YOU GOT TO TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF.
NO ONE ELSE WILL DO IT, AND KEEP
THINGS REALISTIC.
Ashley: IT'S SO GREAT TO HEAR
YOUR ADVICE.