Holidays are just different after having kids.
Fun holidays can easily shift to become about their fun, serious holidays (we've got quite of few of those!) become about doing what you have to do and getting through the day, parenting as usual -- moms never seem to get a day off!
The Jewish Calendar -- following it, knowing its details and living by it, is integral to Judaism.
Keeping our own calendar was the first Mitzvah (commandment) we received after leaving Egypt and becoming our own nation. But it's not an area that I've ever fully prioritized and it has almost completely fallen to the wayside for me since having children.
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