Most years I dread the onslaught of early holiday jubilation. The highly wrought cheer and manufactured frivolity only serves to whip my daughter into a frenzy.
Erin, who has autism, has trouble self-regulating on a typical day, so the first sign of Rudolph leads to sleepless nights and days of unbridled energy.
But after the curveballs of 2020, preemptive holiday revelry has slipped way down on the list of “things that might throw Erin off.” In fact, this year, I found myself rushing the return of reindeer and the 24-hour holiday station, and it was all I could do not to bear hug the life-size Santa in CVS.
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