Put on your game face. You are being watched. Watched by your family. For them to be content, happy, they need a sense of well being. The need to know you will can and are providing for their well being. Protecting them. Giving them a sense of security. They need to trust you that you will deliver what they need. This is your job, your territory.

They need not understand the details, nor do they really care. They simply need to know that you believe they are all ok, that you believe you will be able to fulfill your obligation and provide them with security and a sense of well being.

You can be filled with fear, the truth may be screaming disaster, your reality may be shaky, but know this, in the end you will figure it out. You will do whatever you have to do to deliver the sense of well being your family depends upon and needs. This you will do come hell or high water, this you know. So today wear your game face and give them the gift of security by owning it yourself. They will take your personal presentation as the truth; they will be ok if they believe you feel ok. You are their guide, their leader, be calm and project success, everyone else will be happy.

So yes put on your game face. Complain to know one. Buck it up and let everyone know, you are ok, you are confident, a no problem attitude. They will feel your confidence and enjoy the warmth of feeling protected and taken care of. No need to share any details, just your feeling of success your personal belief that you are ok will spill out to give your family the sense of well being they need to enjoy the season.

No complaints, no grumbling, no outward evidence that anything being wrong. Everything is ok, and all is well, that's the message you need to be giving, that's the gift you have for your family. Give it to them, they deserve it, you can return to the war front on Monday, today all is well.

God Bless you all, I understand the pain you are enduring, but that is the job of a warrior, selfless sacrifice, fighting the battles to provide for your family. No applause, no thank you, no slap on the back. Just the personal satisfaction that you are doing your job, no matter how difficult it may be.

That is your Christmas message.