Welcome back to At The Nurses’ Station, a podcast for nurses about everything except the patients!

In this week’s episode, we’re talking about the real rules of holiday hosting — and confessing a few nursing faux pas along the way. From leaving a discharge for the next nurse (gasp!) to debating when it’s officially acceptable to start blasting Christmas music, we’re covering all the festive chaos that comes with the season.

We’re diving into:🎄 The actual right time to decorate for Christmas (and why one of us says “not before Thanksgiving”)🍷 Hosting pet peeves, RSVPs, and why people who say they’ll “come early to help” never do🍕 How to handle dietary restrictions and guests who always show up late🎁 Our wildly different approaches to Christmas — one of us goes full Santa, the other banned presents entirely🧠 That “too much to do so I do nothing” feeling, especially around the holidays

It’s an honest, funny, and slightly chaotic look at what it means to be a nurse, a host, and a human during the most wonderful (and stressful) time of year.

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