The holidays are weird. Carolyn Hax is here to help.
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 23 December 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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The holidays are weird — this year especially. Today, Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax joins Martine Powers to answer your questions about navigating this tricky time of year.
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The holiday season can be complicated; throw in the spike in omicron cases, and this already stressful time of year just got even trickier. Enter: Carolyn Hax, The Post’s brilliant advice columnist. Today on Post Reports, she’s here to help our listeners and readers navigate the holidays. You can listen to our episode with Hax from earlier in the year about how to gather with family and friends safely here.
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| 0:36.7 | I mean, you should see my tree right now. |
| 0:40.1 | It's half done because I haven't had time and a rational person would not even try and |
| 0:45.1 | not put up a tree. |
| 0:46.8 | Well, and you know that if someone walks into your house and sees a half done tree on |
| 0:52.7 | Christmas, that maybe they won't be judging you, but you will certainly feel like they |
| 0:57.8 | could be judging you for having not finished the tree. |
| 1:01.0 | Or I'll say, why did I even bother if I wasn't going to finish it? |
| 1:04.6 | Like now I've got needles everywhere because I forgot to water it. |
| 1:08.7 | The ornaments are already out. |
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| 1:17.7 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
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