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<blockquote data-quote="DDD" data-source="post: 556572" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>My response is a little "off the wall". Sorry 'bout that. I have decided to announce that 2012 TDay is the last that I am hosting. Come or don't come...I'll love you either way...BUT I've been doing holidays for over fifty years and starting in 2013 I am going to learn how to focus on DDD.</p><p></p><p>Holidays are unusual events and for 50 plus years I have put out the effort to make it a lovely family occasion. Two years ago or so I realized it honestly does not mean the same thing to the children/grandchildren that it does to me. This year is it. Very interestingly my #1 easy child daughter opted to support her husband's choice to go to his Mom's. I am not whining about it but Easter was never important in my mind, Christmas was awesome until the difficult child grandsons were grown, Thanksgiving has always been BIG to me. This November is it. It's possible that I am the only one who "gets" that this is "big". It is what it is and on that holiday I would welcome every family member no matter how extended they may be, lol. I think it is another sign of the changes in the world. I cherish "the children's tables" and the decorations, and the aromas, and eating stuff nobody likes like rutabagas because they are part of TDay. Last year I bough pies from the pie store. YUK! I like my pies better. on the other hand, most of the people just shot on the Rediwhip and didn't give a rats. Whine. in my humble opinion IF difficult child's are not blitzed to the max they shouldghet "one more year" of family holiday celebrations. You never know what sticks in their minds, lol. DDD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DDD, post: 556572, member: 35"] My response is a little "off the wall". Sorry 'bout that. I have decided to announce that 2012 TDay is the last that I am hosting. Come or don't come...I'll love you either way...BUT I've been doing holidays for over fifty years and starting in 2013 I am going to learn how to focus on DDD. Holidays are unusual events and for 50 plus years I have put out the effort to make it a lovely family occasion. Two years ago or so I realized it honestly does not mean the same thing to the children/grandchildren that it does to me. This year is it. Very interestingly my #1 easy child daughter opted to support her husband's choice to go to his Mom's. I am not whining about it but Easter was never important in my mind, Christmas was awesome until the difficult child grandsons were grown, Thanksgiving has always been BIG to me. This November is it. It's possible that I am the only one who "gets" that this is "big". It is what it is and on that holiday I would welcome every family member no matter how extended they may be, lol. I think it is another sign of the changes in the world. I cherish "the children's tables" and the decorations, and the aromas, and eating stuff nobody likes like rutabagas because they are part of TDay. Last year I bough pies from the pie store. YUK! I like my pies better. on the other hand, most of the people just shot on the Rediwhip and didn't give a rats. Whine. in my humble opinion IF difficult child's are not blitzed to the max they shouldghet "one more year" of family holiday celebrations. You never know what sticks in their minds, lol. DDD [/QUOTE]
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