"Since we started dating, and way before we had kids, my husband has always been the one to bring the holiday spirit to our home. From getting me my first ugly sweater to buying a tiny tree to fit in our Brooklyn apartment, he loves the holidays and wants to lean in fully. I, on the other hand, kind of don't care."
"Even so, our house has never lacked holiday spirit. My husband is the one in charge of pulling out all the decorations from the basement and setting them up. He wraps every present like it's his full-time job, and guarantees that everyone in the family has a stocking full of little surprises. Recently, he decorated the Christmas tree with our kids, pulling out ornaments from his childhood, ones he had bought for our kids throughout their lives,"
The husband, a stay-at-home dad, handles holiday planning, decorations, gift wrapping, and personal traditions for the family of five. The wife works full time and does not enjoy organizing holiday activities or decorating; she prefers practical choices like a plastic tree and has different cultural holiday experiences from Argentina, where holidays occur during summer. Friends report exhaustion and lack of partner participation, but the household maintains strong holiday spirit because the husband leads and involves the children with ornaments from his childhood and carefully filled stockings. The wife appreciates his initiative and relief from holiday-related pressure.
Read at Business Insider
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