Holidays. They can be the best of times … and maybe the not-so best of times - particularly when we find ourselves flying solo after years of having a co-pilot and/or full crew. Join CH this week as she discusses her journey to finding and developing her own holiday traditions.
 
Show Notes
<ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">A couple of CH's holiday traditions:
<ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">Listening (and playing drums) along to classic holiday songs from the 1930s, 40s and 50s (Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington)
<ul class="ul1"><li class="li1">Honorable music mentions: Michael Bublé's <a href='https://open.spotify.com/album/3CKVXhODttZebJAzjUs2un?autoplay=true'>Christmas</a> album; Ottmar Leibert's <a href='https://open.spotify.com/album/5GwFm4qkouebIWmqO0F6yO?autoplay=true'>Poets &amp; Angels</a> album</li>
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<li>Bellevue Botanical Garden's "<a href='https://bellevuebotanical.org/garden-dlights/'>Garden d'Lights</a>" (Washington)</li>
<li>"<a href='https://bellevuecollection.com/snowflakelane/'>Snowflake Lane</a>" in Downtown Bellevue (Washington)</li>
<li><a href='https://www.argosycruises.com/argosy-cruises/christmas-ship-festival/'>Christmas Ship Festival</a> via Argosy Cruises (Washington)</li>
<li>REI <a href='https://www.rei.com/opt-outside'>#OptOutside</a></li>
<li><a href='https://www.northwestharvest.org/get-involved/'>Northwest Harvest</a></li>
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