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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 719477" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Lil- I LOVE it! But does it count that we still have our tree up from last year or the year before? Captain had a fit when we put it away. He likes to look at the lights as he goes to sleep.</p><p></p><p>Yes, my cat is THAT spoiled. Deal with it. </p><p></p><p>We do decorate the tree for different holidays, not just Christmas. It has white lights. </p><p></p><p>I especially like Halloween ornaments on it. I think we still had them on it in February last year. Jess put them on after she took the Christmas ornaments off. She likes Halloween better. </p><p></p><p>ksm- I don't do anything for my hubby's family but the nativity. I will wrap, maybe, and give hubby ideas. My mom got stuck with all the holiday stuff for my father's huge family. I decided that wasn't fair and my hubby was going to be involved. Plus, honestly, I don't really understand his family. They are sportsball people. I am absolutely not. I couldn't buy them a gift they liked if I tried. They made that clear early on. So I don't. </p><p></p><p>My dad HATES Christmas decorations. He gripes and gritches about them every single year. It really makes my mom upset. She LOVES to decorate and has a lot of decorations. I cannot remember a year that my dad did not have a fit about us putting up the Christmas tree. You would have thought we were putting spikes through his hands the way he carried on when I was little. As we got older we gave him such a hard time about being a baby pitching a fit that he toned it down. A little. </p><p></p><p>This year my mother is doing something different. She is getting a nice hotel room. Maybe even a suite. She is going to take a day and decorate. She will have food there for all who want to help. My father is NOT invited that day. At. All. Then we will have Christmas there. And then a day to clean up and for her to unwind. My dad can be there for Christmas, but if he gripes about decorations, he may get tossed out. She has already warned him.</p><p></p><p>He thinks it is stupid. She does not care. This way he doesn't have to deal with the decorations "making a mess" and she can have all the Christmas she wants.</p><p></p><p>I think my dad will miss the decorations and the tree. The griping is part of his holiday tradition and he enjoys it as much as he enjoys the rest of it. I just don't think he realizes how much it wrecks the holiday for my mom. A holiday somewhere else will probably remind him of how much he misses having all of us fussing around him. There is a reason my daughter always called him "Grumpa" and not "Grandpa". But a holiday in a hotel will be an interesting new change, and if my mom likes it, maybe it will be a new tradition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 719477, member: 1233"] Lil- I LOVE it! But does it count that we still have our tree up from last year or the year before? Captain had a fit when we put it away. He likes to look at the lights as he goes to sleep. Yes, my cat is THAT spoiled. Deal with it. We do decorate the tree for different holidays, not just Christmas. It has white lights. I especially like Halloween ornaments on it. I think we still had them on it in February last year. Jess put them on after she took the Christmas ornaments off. She likes Halloween better. ksm- I don't do anything for my hubby's family but the nativity. I will wrap, maybe, and give hubby ideas. My mom got stuck with all the holiday stuff for my father's huge family. I decided that wasn't fair and my hubby was going to be involved. Plus, honestly, I don't really understand his family. They are sportsball people. I am absolutely not. I couldn't buy them a gift they liked if I tried. They made that clear early on. So I don't. My dad HATES Christmas decorations. He gripes and gritches about them every single year. It really makes my mom upset. She LOVES to decorate and has a lot of decorations. I cannot remember a year that my dad did not have a fit about us putting up the Christmas tree. You would have thought we were putting spikes through his hands the way he carried on when I was little. As we got older we gave him such a hard time about being a baby pitching a fit that he toned it down. A little. This year my mother is doing something different. She is getting a nice hotel room. Maybe even a suite. She is going to take a day and decorate. She will have food there for all who want to help. My father is NOT invited that day. At. All. Then we will have Christmas there. And then a day to clean up and for her to unwind. My dad can be there for Christmas, but if he gripes about decorations, he may get tossed out. She has already warned him. He thinks it is stupid. She does not care. This way he doesn't have to deal with the decorations "making a mess" and she can have all the Christmas she wants. I think my dad will miss the decorations and the tree. The griping is part of his holiday tradition and he enjoys it as much as he enjoys the rest of it. I just don't think he realizes how much it wrecks the holiday for my mom. A holiday somewhere else will probably remind him of how much he misses having all of us fussing around him. There is a reason my daughter always called him "Grumpa" and not "Grandpa". But a holiday in a hotel will be an interesting new change, and if my mom likes it, maybe it will be a new tradition. [/QUOTE]
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