It’s Thanksgiving Week in America, which launches the joyful, year-end tradition of crowded travel, meal preparation, frenzied purchases, crushing ambivalence, and family drama known as the Holiday Season.

What better time to launch a bonus episode about Candletime, the holiday created to help you survive it all, with only a candle and a drinking vessel?

Candletime is the People’s Holiday, created by Magda many years ago (as a companion to her book, Get Christmased) to help people stay centered during a time that knocks you off balance. It’s simple, it’s adaptable, and it’s meant to give anyone a holiday unimpinged by anybody else’s anything.

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A perfect listen for long a car trip, or spatchcocking the bird of honor, or any other opportunity to grab a free moment and help focus on whatever you’re thankful for.

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