Another not so new piece of advice, but an important way to increase your marital satisfaction is to share
in holiday rituals.
You create your own
special holiday ritual — perhaps it's a breakfast of cinnamon rolls, French press coffee and opening presents.
Couples who share
religious holiday rituals have more marital satisfaction than those who celebrate religious holidays separately.
Another not so new piece of advice, but an important way to increase your marital satisfaction is to share
in holiday rituals.
While the study focuses on religious and
holiday rituals as important in affirming and cementing marriages, we think everyday rituals are just as important and show the love you have for one another.
They not only make for festive decor, but it's fun to countdown the days until Christmas with some sort
of holiday ritual.
As
holiday rituals go, it's a strange one: you get up at the crack of dawn to fight your way through crushing crowds (and often terrible weather), only to spend a day surrounded by utter pandemonium.
The trouble with W. H. Auden's poem For the Time Being is that in subtitling it «A Christmas Oratorio,» Auden condemned it to being treated primarily as an
inspirational holiday ritual — akin to watching «Charlie Brown's Christmas» on television with the kids or spiking the eggnog.
It's a
little holiday ritual I know that a lot of people chose to leave diamonds at home when travelling but I live in a big city so there's just a high a chance of being robbed here!
Rebecca Parker's videos are glimpses at the way
family holiday rituals are performed from an uncanny perspective.
As a chronicler of the transformative use of costume in parades, religious and
holiday rituals for over thirty years, Galembo was naturally drawn to document the Ramlila in her inimitable style.
This step involves having a conversation with your partner about your respective histories
around holiday rituals, including sharing memories (best and worst), describing family traditions (favorite and least favorite), and expressing your respective feelings about the real meaning of the holidays in order to come up with special ones of your own this year.
«Working with your children to establish a
regular holiday ritual that is important to them would be a good way to help establish an enduring memory.
While the study focuses on religious and
holiday rituals as important in affirming and cementing marriages, we think everyday rituals are just as important and show the love you have for one another.
I think a big part of
all holiday rituals is simply to say to each other: I see you and we're here together.
Make
your holiday ritual feast more special with the Roseland Seder Plate from Reed & Barton.
Themes derived from advertising, science fiction, horror films, children's literature and toys,
holiday rituals, cartoons, and comic strips are reflected in his work.
In a first marriage there is a blending of two family systems»
holiday rituals.
Enjoy
your holiday rituals.
Helping decorate the tree is
a holiday ritual that Jennifer's kids, Julia and Benjamin Jarmuszewski, cherish.