Pictured: My idea of a perfect holiday at home. The stockings are hung near a beautiful tree...

After becoming a parent, I've long-held the ideal that our holidays should be spent here at home - after all, there's that whole "Home for the Holidays" jingle that easily gets stuck in your head throughout the season. Unfortunately, and I don't think these words will fall on unfamiliar ears, our family has, like many, become split over the years. Because of this, November and December become a constant race from one thing to the next, with various factions of the family planting a flag on every weekend between Halloween and New Year's. It makes it very difficult to create new traditions with our own children, and the constant running from place to place means that our kids spend more time than they should sitting in the back seat of a car. It's hard on them, and it's hard on the grownups. You get run-down, and the cold creeps in. We have to be healthy not only for ourselves, but for our kids.

At the first sign of a cold, which tends to hit me in the nose and throat, I reach for the Zicam®. While I've long-been a fan of their Nasal Swabs, I do love the new Zicam® Medicated Fruit Drops. The homeopathic Drops taste good, and like other Zicam® Cold Remedy products, when taken at the first sign of a cold, they're clinically-proven to help shorten it. After all, there is no cure for a cold, but with Zicam®, you can "get your better back™" quicker! Plus, if you're like me and love the Nasal Swabs, you can use Zicam oral and nasal products together.

While a kid should never have a sick parent (and let's face it, it does happen), the best thing we can do is get back up to speed as fast as we can. While I might not be able to catch that feeling of holiday magic for myself, you can bet I'll always be looking to make sure my girls can...

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