Eight nights of Hanukkah can feel like a marathon, especially when kids are away at college, packages arrive late, and the to-do list keeps growing. In this candid Whinypaluza Wednesday episode, Rebecca Greene and Seth Greene discuss what it really looks like to be in the Hanukkah weeds and why that feeling shows up every year.

Rebecca shares the behind-the-scenes reality of wrapping presents nightly, juggling work, missing her son, and realizing how much her priorities have shifted. This conversation is about letting go of perfection, choosing presence over presents, and reminding ourselves that it all gets done in the end.

Key Takeaways

- Being together outweighs any gift.

- Eight nights is a lot.
- Hanukkah comes with its own pressure.
- Perfection is not required.
- Good enough really is good enough.
- Exhaustion makes everything more complicated.
- Sleep changes perspective.
Moms often do too much because they care.
 That comes from love, not failure.
It always gets done.
 Even when it feels chaotic.

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If you are in the weeds too, take a breath. You are doing more than enough.

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