We hope these special sentiments, stories, song suggestions and more from the WBUR staff make you smile — and maybe inspire you to start a new tradition or two.
Many of these moments of joy were shared as part of WBUR's Pick Me Up newsletter. If you want a little bit of good news to help you get through the week and spread cheer this holiday season,, we've been asking listeners and readers to share their favorite holiday traditions.
"For the last several years, I make a point to start a small fight the day after Halloween. I argue to my partner that there's no good reason we can't immediately start ringing in the holidays withby beat-maker extraordinaire Jonwayne. Brian asks for patience; I eventually concede that I'll overplay the songs if we don't wait until after Thanksgiving.
"We live in Framingham and at the holidays the town puts the old soldiers from Shoppers World around town and makes a scavenger hunt out of finding them all. It's a really fun family tradition. We load the car with hot chocolate and Christmas music and away we go." — Paula Witkin, sales manager"What brings me joy is triple wrapping a tasty Christmas gift for my dog Zena and watching her unwrap it.
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