Holiday

Holiday Events Sacramento 2025

By |November 6th, 2025|

Discover Sacramento’s best holiday events. Light displays, skating, shows, and festive traditions. From Theatre of Lights to the Polar Express, plan joyful nights out all season long.

Sacramento Holiday Gift Guide 2025. Best Local Shops & Markets

By |October 29th, 2025|

Your Sacramento Holiday Gift Guide 2025 highlights the best local shops, makers, and markets by neighborhood. Find unique, meaningful gifts and support Sacramento small businesses all season long.

7 Strategies to Stay Sane This Holiday Season

By |November 27th, 2018|

It’s that time of year again. The fresh scent of an evergreen fills the house. Strains of “Silent Night” and “Jingle Bells” permeate the airwaves. Once again, I unpack the fragile, ceramic Santa that I made as a gift for my mom when I was five. Suddenly, I’m transported back in time—for better or for worse. The holidays should be joyous times filled with family and friends, but sometimes the very traditions that give meaning to this season also trigger old fears, hurts, and anxieties. (And if you’re prone to Season Affective Disorder (SAD), the lack of warmth and sunshine can zap your goodwill toward men, and women, too.)

Cultivating a Buddha Brain for Holiday Happiness

By |November 29th, 2017|

Cultivating a Buddha Brain for Holiday Happiness
by Kari Henley

Well, there’s less than a week til Christmas — how’s everyone doing out there? The United States is Christmas-crazy, and whether you celebrate or not, it is impossible to escape the effects. Holiday music blares on the radio 24/7, the weather in much of the country is […]

7 Tips For A Stress-Free Holiday

By |December 8th, 2016|

7 Tips For A Stress-Free Holiday

Hard to believe it’s already December, this year has flown by. Have you written your cards? Wrapped your gifts? If the thought of the impending celebrations make you want to cower under the kitchen table, you’re not alone. Follow my tips for a stress-free holiday season!

1. Look after yourself.

It’s only […]