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You've seen it in "Christmas Vacation" and on "The Great Christmas Light Fight": for every person who chooses a few, low-key holiday decorations for the outside of their house, there's another that almost wipes out the power grid, thanks to light-up Santas, strobe displays, and even accompanying music.

Sometimes, it's not as easy as "there's no place like home for the holidays".

The headlines worsen by the day—ICE raids, mass shootings, families being separated at the border—and, no matter the age, our kids are absorbing the news at a feverish pace.Depending on your family situation and reality, this likely isn’t a brand-new worry or conversation. But given the events of the past week, it might have hit a new level—especially if your children have been privileged enough not to be directly affected until this point.