You're listening to the Girl Next Door podcast. I'm Kelsey. And I'm Erica. We're two former

next door neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh. We're inviting

you to come on in, have a drink, and stay a while. Hey, friend. Hey friend. It's part three of our

holiday home series. In part one, we talked about holiday logistics,

decor, and not getting too busy. In part two, we reflected on being present at the holidays

and creating memories. Today, we're wrapping things up by talking about how to navigate what we

are calling the Christmas explosion aftermath. Very specific. But whether you celebrate

Christmas or not, I think everyone will be able to relate to this episode. We'll talk about

practical ways to get your house back in order after the holiday hubbub, how to incorporate new

stuff into the house, and thoughts on shifting our mindset from the holidays to January routine.

So I'm excited to get into all of that with you. But first, what's been happening around

your neighborhood lately? I just thought of a story that has blessed me so much and I forgot to share.

And that is the specific joy of house guests coming with two of their own kids my kids ages and i i think i

talked about this on the show but one of my best friends from high school her husband and kids and her

all visited in the fall and jessica and i went out for lunch or something run a couple errands one day

and her husband tim decided to teach my kids how to play Monopoly. Oh, his kids already

knew. So like he got them all started on this long lasting Monopoly game. And it was like the gift that

that was when I think about it to be the one to initially explain a game to kids, which can be so

annoying because they're so just

like, they just want to get in there and do it. And then Monopoly is like, yeah, complex. Yeah. So,

if you can, this holiday season maybe, get an uncle, get a grandparent, yeah, be like, hey, can you run

Monopoly for the cousins? And then you go have a cocktail.

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