We are officially in the thick of it. The tinsel is (probably) tangled, the parking lots are chaotic, and your social media feed is a blur of matching pajamas and perfectly iced sugar cookies.

In the rush to check boxes— gifts bought? turkey thawed? travel arranged? —we often default to autopilot when it comes to our words. We throw out a hurried "Merry Christmas" to the cashier or a robotic "Happy Holidays" to the neighbor we haven’t spoken to since July.

Drop it in the comments below. Let’s fill this feed with warmth.

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