I try to prepare for the holidays months before the event. Preparing for the holidays is fairly new for me. This is the second year being single. I got through the first year all right. Last year I had all Jeffery’s gifts bought before Christmas. I had all my groceries bought before the holidays. I bake about six pans of lasagna and freeze them. I bake short bread cookies and cinnamon before the season.

My favorite part of the holidays would be Christmas morning. I like going tobogganing with Jeffery and Amanda. We also go to the Boardwalk on New Year’s Eve to watch the fire works together. The holidays are different being a single parent. I have very little time for myself. I try to enjoy the holiday as much as I can.

The least favorite part of the season is knowing that they are coming. I find Christmas hard. The hardest thing is buying clothes for Jeffery. I can’t do it yet. I find the holidays hard as a single parent. It is long and lonely. It is the hardest part of the year for me. I got through it lasted year. I will get through this year one day at time.

My traditions include filling the stockings on the fire place on Christmas Eve. Baking sweets is a tradition that I do. I will also cook a turkey for Christmas dinner this year for Jeffery and Amanda. We also visit family on Christmas Day. Family is very important to me.