Can You Have A Calm Christmas? with Beth Kempton

Laugh Lines with Kim & Penn Holderness

Kim Holderness

Kim Holderness, Parenting, Laugh Line, Aging, Getting Older, Laugh Lines, 50s, Holderness Podcast, 40s, Gen X, Humor, Education, Self-improvement, Marriage, Penn Holderness, The Laugh Line, The Holderness Family

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

I have to admit, I roll my eyes when people tell me to slow down and enjoy things. When I first heard the phrase ‘Calm Christmas’ my mind heard the word lazy. There are so many obligations and traditions that are expected of us this time of year, how can you possibly slow down? This week we talked to Beth Kempton, author of Calm Christmas and a Happy New Year: A Little Book of Festive Joy, to help inspire calm in us this season.

Calm can mean different things to different people. Beth encourages others to have conversations with yourself and your loved ones about what you want out of the holidays. Once you understand what everyone wants, you can be intentional about how to plan for them. You can learn more about Beth and her work here: https://dowhatyouloveforlife.com. She also has the Calm Christmas Podcast and you can sign up for free for her Winter Writing Sanctuary.

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Kim and Penn are online content creators known for their award-winning videos, including original music, song parodies, and comedy sketches. Their videos have resulted in over 2 billion views and 8 million followers across their social media platforms since they (accidentally) went viral in 2013. They have a best-selling book on marriage communication, a top-rated podcast, a fun-filled family card game, and most recently, they were the winners on Season 33 of The Amazing Race.

The Holderness Family Podcast is edited and engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media and produced by Ann Marie Taepke, Sam Pressman, and Ashley Cimino.

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0:00.0	It doesn't matter how neatly you pack them away.
0:03.0	Christmas lights will always be tangled.
0:06.0	And a Christmas light tangle is more than a tangle.
0:09.0	It's a tangle that somehow gets more entangled
0:11.0	the more you attempt to untangle it. So to the loft I go with just
0:15.6	my Christmasy coffee for company and if I'm not back by New Year Merry Christmas.
0:21.3	Our roasted Hazel Hot Chocolate is now at Costa. That's Christmas. Our roasted hazel hot chocolate is now at Costa.
0:24.0	That's Christmas.
0:25.0	Costa coffee made a little better.
0:27.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your
0:45.0	there,
0:50.0	there. This is a care in the world, as you simply lean back.
0:47.0	And before you know it, you're there.
0:50.0	This is how travels should feel,
0:52.0	and on our trains it does.
0:55.0	Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Hello everybody. It's Kim Holdenness coming at you live from our attic.
1:10.5	You mixed it up a little. I did. It used to be I'm Kim Holderness it's been your I think for maybe a hundred week streak that has been broken
1:19.4	You know, I'm just I'm looking to make a change. Yeah, maybe are you auditioning for like jazz radio? I am auditioning for the NPR podcast.
1:27.6	Here are two different types of jazz played on top of each other. What was that from there? Parks and rack. They have this
1:35.2	great public access radio. Have we mentioned that this is the
1:39.1	Wilderness Family Podcast? Sorry. Sorry. Thanks for joining the Hold on
1:42.9	Family Podcast.
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