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Hot Flashes in December? How to Stay Cool During the Holidays (And All Year Long)

A few Decembers ago, I was home visiting my parents and helping my mom wrap gifts for the grandkids when I noticed her peeling off her cardigan like it was July. One minute she was sipping cocoa, the next she was fanning herself with a holiday catalog and mumbling something about turning down the thermostat. “It’s like I’ve got my own personal bonfire,” she said. That’s when I realized she wasn’t just warm—she was deep in the trenches of perimenopause. In December.