Word: holidaying
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...question, the way boomers have parented has contributed to new practices. "Our mothers defined good family life by cleaning the house, washing our clothes and making elaborate holiday meals," says Linda Dunlap, chair of the psychology department at Marist College. "We define it as connection, conversation and relaxation with our kids...
Experts note that the social phenomenon of people marrying and starting families later allows parents a gap during which they can break away from the old ways. Some couples with married kids complain that the next generation is too slow to change its approach to holidays. That's why parents like the Schwartzes take off and leave the adult kids to fend for themselves. "After our holiday in Paris," Dianne Schwartz says, "I realized I'd needed to nudge the kids into starting their own traditions. After all, it's part of the growth process...
Then there's the commercial aspect. The rise in creative holiday celebrations coincides with the coming of age of the events-planning industry. "Twenty years ago, events planning was in its infancy. Today you can get a college degree in it," says Howard Givner, president of Paint the Town Red, an event-planning company in New York City. Add to that the multitude of sophisticated consumers who put a premium on their time. "It's worth it to many boomers to pay someone else to do the work," says Givner. "In the end, a turkey's a turkey. Who cares...
Your inspiring profiles of influential Hispanics provided a compelling impetus for a national U.S. holiday to honor farmworkers' advocate Cesar Chavez. He was a social-justice paragon akin to Martin Luther King Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi. Chavez empowered disenfranchised and politically oppressed people. He emulated Gandhi's pacifism and reverence for life. All Americans should commemorate his birthday, March...
...announced that there was "a serious glitch" in his June deal and dispatched a team of officials to Beijing to try to renegotiate part of it. Even if the Chinese agree to new terms and the impounded clothing is released, it's enough to make Mandelson long for another holiday...