Before I went to this month’s Lunch ‘n’ Learn at MPTC’s West Bend campus, I wasn’t really sure what “should-less” holidays was suppose to mean. Special events, especially the holidays, come with a lot of seemingly obligatory activities. This Lunch ‘n’ Learn was an open discussion about things we feel obligated, or “should-do,” during this time of the year.
Something us college students are faced with each year is the busy end of the fall semester running concurrently with the busy beginning of the holiday season. It can be challenging to get shopping, decorating, and baking done between final assignments. There can be a lot of pressure to find the right gifts for the right people. It’s great to see family members you haven’t seen in a while, but it can be difficult to find common ground if your lives have gone in different directions.
Besides all the “shoulds” there are also things to look forward to. Traditions like baking certain foods this time of the year can be fun. Our family tradition for the last few generations is making butterhorns. Everybody looks forward to eating them, and it wouldn’t quite feel like Christmas without this tradition.
I like that we always seem to end the Lunch ‘n’ Learns on a positive note after getting a few things off our chest that cause us anxiety and frustration. We all shared something we liked about this time of the year, and it’s good to focus on those things.
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