The Ghost of Holiday Spirit

Childproof

Gwenna Laithland and Tori Phantom

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The holidays can be hard. From schedules to budgets, magic to mayhem, there’s a lot. All the time. It feels like we kick a ball down the hill October first and then spend a full 120 days chasing it back down. How do you maintain that holiday spirit for the long haul? Should you or is that a more unrealistic expectation of perfection? And when everything feels heavy, how do you keep it light for the kids? We want to hear from you! Do you have questions, comments, jokes, or anything else you want us to know? Email us: Childproofmail@gmail.com Preorder Gwenna's new book: https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/thinky-thoughts-9781250390028/ Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact ⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠ if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How's the business going?
0:01.2	We're busier than ever, but struggling to get the staff we need. Recruiting can be such a distraction. We gave Job Centre Plus a try, and they've really helped us out. Really? Yeah. It was dead easy. We got our own employer advisor, Julie, who helped advertise our jobs, shortlisted candidates for us and letters interview at the Job Centre. We've hired some great people, and Job Centre Plus really took the hassle out of it, And there was no fee.
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0:26.0	business.gov.com.ukes slash recruit. Eligibility criteria apply. I'm going to reach both
0:31.2	your points maybe. We'll see if I get distracted and be totally side tangent away from everything,
0:37.0	okay? Raising a well-behaved child in this world requires strict, disillant, and and be totally side tangent away from everything, okay.
0:40.9	Raising a well-behaved child in Israel requires strict,
0:42.0	discipline and punishment.
0:43.4	Today we will look.
0:44.8	No, the fuck. We will not.
1:01.8	Hello, and Hello and welcome back to Childproof and Airwave Media podcast. I'm Gwana Lathland.
1:09.0	And I'm Tori Phantom. And today's episode is for everyone looking at this holiday spirit with a little black cloud hanging over them.
1:11.6	A little black cloud in a devil boot.
1:13.2	Yeah.
1:14.6	Wrong podcast, though.
1:15.4	That's founded.
1:16.7	This is childproof.
1:20.0	And what we're talking about is the holidays.
1:23.8	And it's feeling a little hard to access that joy.
1:25.1	Right.
1:31.5	What do we do when the holiday spirit feels just a little out of reach? I don't know.
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