Making our own Christmas magic

solo rituals, re-imagined traditions, and other ways moms of bigger kids can rekindle the holiday spirit

In 2015, Sarah Powers and I recorded an episode of The Mom Hour podcast titled “Moms Deserve A Magical Holiday, Too.” This was very early in our podcast, but I remember recording it - and the sentiment that inspired it - clearly. At that point, I had been a mom for seventeen years. All five of my kids were in school - three different schools, actually, from kinderg…