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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 319572" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Except within our own immediate family (meaning H, easy child and difficult child), we don't exchange with anyone except my oldest sister for special reasons which I won't go into here.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">Instead, I usually host a Christmas dinner in my home the weekend before Christmas and invite all my family. Whoever shows up will be treated to a nice meal, lots of wine if they so choose, and sparkling conversation. I do bake my sister and her daughter some gluten free items, but we're bakers, so it's expected. We also usually have my birthday cake that day as my b'day is 12/27. I freeze the leftovers for Christmas day grazing when it's just us.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">The way I got out of fretting and buying all my family and their kids gifts was by instead making a monetary donation to a local women's shelter or Heiffer. It satisfied everyone, especially me (and hopefully those on the receiving end). No expectations of a gift exchange left more time to just enjoy the day. And I let everyone know the 1st of December what our charity of choice is. </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: royalblue">On Christmas day, H and the girls and I open our gifts, have a hearty breakfast, veg for a little while, go to the movies and then the girls go to their boyfriend's homes and H and I curl up with a book or nap. It's really a very low key easy Christmas and each year I enjoy the solitude more and more. No dressing up, no pretending, no extra expenses. It's wonderful!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #4169e1">I forgot! I use greens from my yard and woods to decorate very simply. Seems I put out less and less each year except for my moose and snowman collection which are the only things I add to anymore. Can't be bothered with decking all the halls anymore.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 319572, member: 2211"] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Except within our own immediate family (meaning H, easy child and difficult child), we don't exchange with anyone except my oldest sister for special reasons which I won't go into here.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]Instead, I usually host a Christmas dinner in my home the weekend before Christmas and invite all my family. Whoever shows up will be treated to a nice meal, lots of wine if they so choose, and sparkling conversation. I do bake my sister and her daughter some gluten free items, but we're bakers, so it's expected. We also usually have my birthday cake that day as my b'day is 12/27. I freeze the leftovers for Christmas day grazing when it's just us.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]The way I got out of fretting and buying all my family and their kids gifts was by instead making a monetary donation to a local women's shelter or Heiffer. It satisfied everyone, especially me (and hopefully those on the receiving end). No expectations of a gift exchange left more time to just enjoy the day. And I let everyone know the 1st of December what our charity of choice is. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=royalblue]On Christmas day, H and the girls and I open our gifts, have a hearty breakfast, veg for a little while, go to the movies and then the girls go to their boyfriend's homes and H and I curl up with a book or nap. It's really a very low key easy Christmas and each year I enjoy the solitude more and more. No dressing up, no pretending, no extra expenses. It's wonderful![/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#4169e1][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=4][COLOR=#4169e1]I forgot! I use greens from my yard and woods to decorate very simply. Seems I put out less and less each year except for my moose and snowman collection which are the only things I add to anymore. Can't be bothered with decking all the halls anymore.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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