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It’s a weird holiday season. Instead of wrapping presents to the sound of Christmas carols, I’m listening to CNN. In this happy/sad time, feeling joyous is a challenge with so much uncertainty in the world. But it’s the middle of December and if we’re lucky we’re making or buying presents for those we love.

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recipe for a sparkly 2015!

1. LUG YOUR LUGGAGE around the block – (Packed with the the things you’ll need on your “Dream Vacay”.)
2. Go on a HOUSE CLEANSE on the 31st  (Mop up the old mess so you can make room for the new mess.)   
3. GRAB THE GRAPES — (In-between midnight hugs and kisses eat 12 of them, making a wish with each of the 12 months to come.)
4. CARRY CASH at midnight – (For prosperity in the New Year… and while we’re on that subject…)
5. Put a GOLD RING in your Glass for the promise of riches — (But be sure you don’t swallow it, because that’ll insure a trip to the ER instead — which is so not where you’ll want to be on New Year’s Eve, trust me)!
   
6. Light COLORFUL CANDLES to create different outcomes — (Light a green one for good health, a yellow to improve your finances, an orange one for wisdom and a blue one for peace. Oh, and don’t forget the red one for the promise of PASSION!)
7. On the 31^st open the front door and SWEEP OUT NEGATIVITY but open the windows to LET POSITIVITY IN – (But don’t sweep anything out on the 1^st, especially a HANDSOME MAN bearing gifts : )
8. MAKE A LIST of all of the things you want to forget in 2013– (Then light it on fire!)
9. LIGHT FIREWORKS (Scare away Evil Spirits!)
10. JUMP UP-AND-DOWN at Midnight – (Go as high as you can to encourage physical and mental growth.)
11. If your UNDIES are INSIDE-OUT or BACKWARDS — and you switch things around the first few minutes in the New Year, it either means the RED CANDLE worked and you started out the year with PASSION or you’re going to get all New Clothes (Something I can get very passionate about, ha!)
12. Oh, and if you’re wearing RED UNDERWEAR when you light the RED CANDLE, and move in for the MIDNIGHT SMOOCH and whatever it leads to — you need to know… RED UNDERWEAR signifies FERTILITY in Italy. (So if you’re Italian or in Rome when all of this happens or your RED underwear is backwards shortly after midnight — you might be expecting more than GOOD LUCK in the coming year.) Uh-oh!

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C’mon, let’s sing-along with Sufjan!

Enough with the Cyber-Threats! Anger/Schmanger — it’s almost Christmas and time for GOOD WILL TOWARD MAN.  Let’s mellow-out with some holiday music — even if it’s just for a little while. K?

16 Christmas Tunes to Help Put You Back In The Mood —

1. Winter Song (The Head and the Heart)
2.  Let it Snow (Sufjan Stevens)
3.  I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day (The Civil Wars)
4.  Christmas Must Be Tonight (Bahamas)
5.  Hang a String of Lights (Great Lake Swimmers)
6.  We Three Kings (Sufjan Stevens)
7.  Christmas is Coming Soon (Blitzen Trapper)
8.  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Greg Laswell)
9.  It’s Christmas So We’ll Stop (Frightened Rabbit)
10.  Party Hard (Zach Gill)
11.  Jingle Bell Rock (Rogue Wave)
12.  Someday at Christmas (Jack Johnson)
13.  Christmas / Baby Please Come Home (Slow Club)
14.  Christmas Time (The Smashing Pumpkins
15.  The Christmas Song (The Raveonettes)
16.  Come on! Let’s Boogey to the Elf Dance (Sufjan Stevens)

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