Christmas is easily my favorite holiday. As a business owner, it’s very rare that I take a day or a weekend off. Maybe you can relate. You put everyone and everything above yourself. But when it comes to Christmas, I choose to put the business on hold. I take off the majority of December so I can buy presents, order holiday cards, bake yummy goodies, and watch all those cheesy Hallmark movies. Who else is with me?!

You see, I don’t want to rush through the most joyful time of the year. I want to sit back and embrace it. It’s why I work so hard in October and November so that when December rolls around, I don’t have to stress. This time is meant to be spent with your family and friends, remembering why we are gathered together in the first place. It shouldn’t feel like this thing you have to do. You get to celebrate this holiday, it’s a gift.

My hope for you this Christmas is that you’ll put your business, your stresses, your worries all on the back burner. Don’t worry, they will be waiting for you. But take a moment to put your family first and to take the first break you maybe took all year. You deserve it.

Matt and I are celebrating our first Christmas as a married couple and we wanted to take a moment and wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Make this one your best one yet!