Who’s that slippin’ down the chimney? Why it’s the latest edition of TRUE PARENT—the magazine for working class, diverse parents who are keeping it real, and don’t have any time for bull poop (or reindeer poop, for that matter). And this edition is a super special one, because it’s our first “Holiday Freakout Issue” featuring loads of news, comedy, true stories from true parents, and lots and lots of advice about surviving the holidays, including…

• How to Have the “Santa Talk” with Your Kids!
• Surviving a Melded Family Holiday
• Tips on What to Do with Kids During the Endless Winter Break
as well as…
• How Oregon Moms Help Seal the Deal for Pot Legislation
• One Mom’s True Story of the Holidays Behind Bars
• A Family Who Bent Christmas to Include Their Own Heritage
• How One Mom’s Christmas Gift of an iPad Went Hopelessly and Hilariously Wrong

AND SO MUCH MORE! Pick up a copy of True Parent, available this week in all the Portland Mercury white street boxes, or in over 300 locations around the city. (Or if you’re paper-phobic, check out trueparent.com.)

True Parent: Built for Keeping You Calm!

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Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)