Tricia,
The best part of this book for me is the chapter about men and how they feel about the holidays. A lot of men feel like Christmas is a "Woman's Holiday". Let's face it, women do most of the planning and preparing for Christmas.
This is the way it was in my house for a long time. But, after reading this book so many times, I have been able to get DH more involved. His only contribution for years was putting up the outdoor lights and thankfully, this is something that he likes to do. I have been able to get him more involved in picking out gifts and going shopping with me. He used to love to wrap the gifts, but isn't able to physically do it anymore, so I have taken the pressure off him and started doing it myself - even though I hate it.
I noticed a big change in his attitude and enjoyment of the holidays when we started saving money in our Christmas Club account. He sees that everything is paid for with cash and there will be no bills come January. He also seems to enjoy the fact that we are making more homemade gifts for people and likes to help out with what we are making. I think he sees how much effort and thought goes into making a homemade gift and he wants the entire family to be a part of it. I can tell it makes him feel proud.
There is still more I would like him to be involved in, but I am happy with what he does. Baby steps. I really can tell that he enjoys the holidays a lot more than he used to.
Everybody wins!!
I loved it!