Collective crowdsourcing question: How do you keep the Christmas season “slow, simple, and sane”?

I’ve got my ideas ready, including many Swiss traditions, but would love to hear from others!

(Looking especially for suggestions that turn away from “simply buying stuff”).

Red Houses in Bjornegaard by Claude Monet, 1895

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