Holidays Gone Awry? Here Are 3 Big Picture Assists to Get You Back on Track

You can keep the holiday spirit merry even when minor inconveniences strike.
Holidays Gone Awry? Here Are 3 Big Picture Assists to Get You Back on Track
Santa is ready for his Christmas Eve flight. Andrei Porzhezhinskii/Shutterstock
Jeff Minick
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There are plenty of random vexations that increase our stress and can sour the holiday mood, ranging from the cat leaping into the Christmas tree to a New Year’s Eve power failure.

Approximately 117 million Americans will crowd the nation’s roadways and airports during the holidays this December. For some, congestion and delays will upend their travel plans.
Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
Author
Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.