It’s the middle of December and we are in full swing of the holiday season. What plans do you have? 

The Christmas season has the capacity to bring great joy and great stress. While this season is all about giving, I’d like to share with you some ways that the Tate family eases stress and increases joy.

We remember our “reason for the season”

Christmas traditions help us remember why we celebrate and bring our values back into the holidays.

Every Christmas for three years now, we’ve been doing some sort of advent book or advent activities. We love going through the “Storybooks for Advent” series and The Slow and Sacred Advent by Jennifer Naraki.

Having Christmas in Colorado also means continuing our tradition of cutting our own tree out in the wilderness. We all have a blast doing this! We hike around the forest together looking for the perfect tree, chop it down, and drag it by snowmobile to take home. After it’s home and upright, we bring out our ornaments from years before, remembering our blessings from the past as we decorate the tree.

We take care of our bodies

We remember that our bodies and endocannabinoid systems still needs taking care of even while we are thinking of others and busy with family during this time. Our family likes to do this by getting outside! 

Did you know that Vitamin D and exercise, along with CBD products, are great for your endocannabinoid system? We get plenty in our system during winter with our favorite winter activity: sledding! Running up hills over and over again can really get the heart pumping.

We give

Our family loves gift giving. Our goal each Christmas is to give to as many people as we can. We make it a point to teach our kids that we give our gifts without expecting anything in return. 

One way we add value to our gifts and also decrease the amount of holiday consumerism is by making homemade Christmas gifts. One way or another, we end up making some sort of homemade gift every year. 

If you’d love to do this but would rather skip the crafting, another way to give homemade gifts is by small business shopping. In light of the events of 2020, we think it’s important now more than ever to support local small businesses. A quick web search will let you know if any businesses near you sell a homemade version of what you are looking for.

Give the gift of EC health this season

Thank you so much for being a part of Twin Pines Hemp Co., you are like family to us! We want to celebrate you, and possibly help you complete some last minute shopping for Christmas, or for any occasion. 

Small businesses are great because their entire focus is on the individual customer and what their needs are. Big corporations don’t care what your needs are necessarily, but we definitely do! You can contact us anytime you have CBD questions. 

Consider this our shameless plug for our own small business!

We wanted to let you know that from here on out, you can bundle our CBD products for a smaller price than if you were to buy them separately. The Bath & Beauty bundle can be found here, and the Tincture & Topical combo is here. These are available not just for Christmas, but for any gift giving occasion.

The bargains don’t end here: we will be rolling out more sales every month starting in 2021. Keep on the lookout for those!

We hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season!