Christmas Launches (And Other Holiday Stories)
In the chilled air, a bluish wash of snowy dawn bathed her through the Windows. The color accented her white bathrobe. A sense of quiet anticipation filled the space.
Was this Christmas morning? It may have been, except in this case the bluish glow emanated from a computer. And in the pre-dawn darkness, a tense neck hunched over the device. A topping of bed head poked from the bath robe.
Imagine the holidays of your dreams. Picture home-prepared meals, enjoyed around a hearth with loving family.
But wait. In actuality, what is the feast you are consuming? Perhaps, it… is… pizza.
The ultimate holiday treat, and reality of many! Who knew?
But all of this required website launches. Every holiday, the work ensued:
Share the Deal.
Sell the Pizza.
And so on Thanksgiving, a website was baking in the oven instead of the turkey.
And instead of stuffing the stockings, we got online pizza deals aplenty.
Maybe in actually it WAS giving. A giving of time to the corporate empire, to in-turn pass along the ultimate holiday gift — the freedom to get pizza online if you want, even at the oddest of times.
But here’s where it gets good.
I had a partner in this crime against the holidays.
Donning designer sunglasses, this petite diffuser of team aggressions stood tall. It was she and me where rubber met the road. She: the height of style. Me: the black-wearing nerd component. We: the ultimate managers. Tag teaming every holiday meant focused conversations:
“You take Thanksgiving.”
“I take Christmas.”
It was the only way to maintain sanity. Yet the costs in time and stress mattered little: We had each other’s back.
In work and life, that is an amazing feeling: taking the sting off the pilfering of personal and family time during the holiday season.
So today —
Celebrate those who have your back. Those who are willing to put action behind it, not just words. And as always, Happy Holidays!
As always, I hope you enjoyed this and it brightened your day.
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