Welcome. Here we are, again: holidays in the time of Covid. There are two weeks left in 2021, two weeks in which I hope you’re keeping warm, keeping safe, keeping sane.

The Well desk at The Times has been running an occasional series over the past several months called “How I Hold It Together.” The most recent, from Dani Blum, is particularly helpful. Dani reads first thing every morning; she describes it as “sinking into someone else’s syntax for a few minutes before the workday.” When her anxieties mount, she finds relief in setting a “worry timer,” giving herself five minutes to write down what’s troubling her. I’m trying both of these strategies out today.

Some, no doubt, will spend the weekend before Christmas in a frenzied dash to procure last-minute gifts. Consider the art of “regifting,” which seems 100 percent suited to these holidays. You don’t need to worry about overnight shipping if you’re shopping your closet; there’s no supply chain chaos in your self-storage unit. One of the best gifts I’ve ever received was a bracelet that arrived in the mail from my friend Charlotte a few weeks after I’d complimented it on her wrist. Regifting and charitable giving offer a way less hectic alternative to late-night internet scrambling for something, anything, to give to the person who has everything.

You could write a letter to your kids, your parents, your best friend and tell them what’s been on your mind lately. It doesn’t have to be sentimental if that’s not your bag. You could send a postcard from your hometown. If “it’s the thought that counts” won’t fly, there’s always Etsy, there’s always Cameo, there are always baked goods.

If you feel comfortable going to a theater, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is out today. If you don’t, you could stream the first three episodes of “Station Eleven,” which the critic James Poniewozik calls “the most uplifting show about life after the end of the world that you are likely to see.” Read Gabrielle Hamilton’s lovely farewell column for The Times Magazine. Call someone on the phone without texting them first to see if it’s a good time. Check out the book critics’ choices for their favorites from 2021. Feed your fruitcake its final meal. Set a worry timer. Try to get some rest.

Your list of lists.

• The Best Cookbooks of 2021 ≫ “Cookies: The New Classics.”

• 11 Festive Dishes for the Merriest of Christmas Eve Dinners ≫ Vegetarian mushroom Wellington.

• The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2021 ≫ Amy Beach’s “By the Still Waters,” from Isata Kanneh-Mason’s “Summertime.”

• Cécile McLorin Salvant Branches Out, and 7 More New Songs ≫ FKA twigs and the Weeknd.

• What to Listen To: 4 Audiobooks ≫ Amanda Gorman’s first poetry collection.

• 9 New Books We Recommend This Week ≫ Claire Tomalin’s biography of H.G. Wells.

P.S.

• I love this magical tale of a zine library discovered inside an old travel book in a library in Canada.

• Robin the Frog singing “Halfway Down the Stairs,” from the first season of “The Muppet Show,” seems like a good song for the moment. (For those hazy on the details of the Muppet family tree, Robin is Kermit’s nephew.)

• The second season of TCM’s podcast “The Plot Thickens” is called “The Devil’s Candy,” and it’s about the making of Brian De Palma’s 1990 film adaptation of “The Bonfire of the Vanities.” It’s a gossipy listen, made all the more fascinating by original on-set interviews conducted by the show’s host, Julie Salamon, who was a film critic at The Wall Street Journal at the time of the cursed production and published a book about it in 1992.

Tell us.

What strategies have you added to your “How I Hold It Together” tool chest this year? Write and tell us: athome@nytimes.com. Include your full name and location and we might include your contribution in an upcoming newsletter. We’re At Home and Away. We’ll read every letter sent. As always, more ideas for how to pass the time this weekend appear below. I’ll be back next week.

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