If the holidays are stressing you out, remember: everything is optional ^66%

NPR - By Marielle Segarra, Lennon Sherburne - 12/12/2025, 2:51 PM

For most of her adult life, Niro Feliciano's checklist for the holidays looked like this: Host the family gathering, write greeting cards, shop for gifts, decorate and peel carrots for Santa's reindeer — all while raising four kids and going to work every day. All the effort to make things perfect for her family left Feliciano feeling... more