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Holiday season used to feel like a slow build. Now it’s a sprint: Halloween launches in July, Thanksgiving gets squeezed, and December arrives with a storage bin avalanche. We get honest about how that pace numbs the joy—and what to do when the yard turns into a plastic parade. From HOAs setting limits on tree lawns to cities asking neighbors to dial it back, boundaries can actually make celebrations better. But the real reset starts at home: we lay out a practical “use-it-or-lose-it” plan to death clean our holiday bins, keep what matters, and give the rest a graceful goodbye.
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Chapters
1. Welcome, Halloween Is Already Here (00:00:00)
2. Tasteful vs Tacky: Decor Debates (00:02:45)
3. HOAs, Tree Lawns, and City Rules (00:05:40)
4. Seasonal Creep and Holiday Fatigue (00:09:30)
5. Death Cleaning and Christmas Purge Plan (00:12:40)
6. Nostalgia: Lights, Hills, and Old Tech (00:18:30)
7. One Last Hurrah for Decorations (00:23:00)
8. Paper-Mâché Pumpkins and Letting Go (00:26:20)
9. Word of the Day: Disposophobia (00:29:30)
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