Isabel Spooner-Harvey used to make latkes from scratch: grating the potatoes, wringing out their water, frying them over a hot stove.
The effort was gratifying. But then she had three children in three years, followed by a separation from her husband. For the stay-at-home mother in Madison, Wis., the need to make the holidays special — the gifts, the gatherings, the cards, the latkes — started to feel like a burden to shake off rather than a joy to bestow.
So this year, when Ms….
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