The holidays are upon us! No matter which celebration(s) you observe—Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve, you name it—we’ve got a wealth of information from our archives to help you ring in your healthiest, happiest type 1 diabetes (T1D) holiday season yet.

Celebrity chef Sam Talbot—a “role model” advocate at JDRF 2013 Children’s Congress—gets In the Spirit with his 12 can’t-miss holiday tips and tricks. Blogosphere star and JDRF friend Kerri Sparling shows that celebrating and making healthy T1D choices are never mutually exclusive.

And for all you parents of children with T1D, we’ve got you covered too. With just a little extra planning, you can break out your favorite, most festive family traditions, without fear. So read on, and let the visions of sugarplums start dancing!

*  *  * Want to spread the warmth even further? Sign up to become a JDRF advocate, and you can help us achieve one of our most important objectives for 2013—persuading Congress to renew the Special Diabetes Program. With the $150 million per year this program provides to the National Institutes of Health specifically for T1D research, the SDP is truly a gift that keeps on giving—but only if we can get it renewed! Register today and we’ll show you how.