{"product_id":"2940014100892","title":"Holiday Mayhem","description":"How Not to Kill Your Family During the Holidays - Encourage the rest of the family to express their thoughts, find out what they want out of their holiday experience, figure out how you can help them have a great season! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYour dream Christmas is probably different than the one you actually have planned, there are probably some good things about the schedule that you have planned. Focus on that, and adjust you expectations accordingly...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar Zone\u003cbr\u003eYou know how it is. The Holiday season brings out the best in all of\u003cbr\u003eus. We all become solicitous of one another’s feelings; everyone\u003cbr\u003edevelops more tolerance for one another’s foibles; there is plenty of\u003cbr\u003etime for everything that needs to be done; traffic is usually light; the\u003cbr\u003eother folks always patiently wait their turn. Isn’t that right?\u003cbr\u003eNow, don’t you look at me like that! What do you mean, “What planet\u003cbr\u003eam I from?” In fact, I think you had better stop looking at me like\u003cbr\u003ethat right now or I’ll give you a bit fat knuckle sandwich! You know\u003cbr\u003ewhat… if you don’t like what I’m saying about the holiday season, you\u003cbr\u003ecan just leave right now, and don’t let the door hit you in your big fat…\u003cbr\u003eumm, well, and okay I’ll admit that I may have overreacted a bit.\u003cbr\u003eAgain.\u003cbr\u003eHey, I tried. I did my best, but I bet you find the season as trying as I\u003cbr\u003edo. I’ll admit it; I’m one of those people who find the holidays\u003cbr\u003einordinately stressful. Can I go home and bury my head in that comfy\u003cbr\u003equilt now? Hide from my children, and my guests, and the in-laws,\u003cbr\u003eand… No? You mean that we’ll have to get through this together?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen I suppose we’ll need some “coping mechanisms”, which is a high\u003cbr\u003efallutin’ psycho-babble way to say, “how not to go psycho and kill folks\u003cbr\u003ethat we generally care about most of the time”. Yes, this year we’ll\u003cbr\u003eprobably need ways to maintain our sanity, most of our dignity, and\u003cbr\u003emaybe even a bit of the joy that we are supposed to be taking from\u003cbr\u003ethis time of the season.\u003cbr\u003eI know, I know, there is no way in the world that we’re going to\u003cbr\u003emanage to do this! We’ve tried to manage this before and it never\u003cbr\u003eseems to work out like we’d planned for it to. There is NO way that\u003cbr\u003ethis season is going to be any different than all of the others, or is\u003cbr\u003ethere? Might there be a way to get through the season without\u003cbr\u003emayhem?","brand":"99 \u0026cent; eStore, save to buy more","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079872463088,"sku":"2940014100892","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014100892_p0.jpg?v=1763600642","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014100892","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}