Gratitude: I am grateful that holiday lights remain up past Christmas Day! #holidaycheer #fun

It's just not Christmas without the smell of diesel fuel drifting through the air.

What are my favorite Christmas traditions is an evening kayak paddle in the local harbors to check out the Christmas lights. With all my travel this year, I didn't get in the water until after Christmas. Grateful that people keep their lights up until at least New Year's Day. I'm hoping to pass on some remaining holiday cheer!

What traditions do you enjoy each year?

I'm Ken Francis, M.S., California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and author of The Intimacy Gram and The Gratitude Snorkel and Other Bedtime Stories. I specialize in Alcohol Addiction treatment, Substance Use Disorder Treatment, trauma recovery, and group therapy. I believe in life balance and building community support. Please check out my other videos as they are a good resource for information on substance abuse, trauma, motivation, and gratitude.

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Kenneth Francis

[sunnirv]

Me too! God bless! ❤🎄💚 Great song too!

[patriciafisher]

Me too also!!🤣🎄🎁 I LOVE colors and especially all the bright colored lights!! I don’t take mine down until New Year’s! I am gathering different colors of light strings so I can keep them up ALL year!! 😎

[WillemPenn]

Naples! Also, Christmas has just started! It is twelve days and ends with the Epiphany on January 6th. I kind of wish we had that as the tradition here, but oh well. I still keep my lights up until the 6th.