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<blockquote data-quote="Californiablonde" data-source="post: 614683" data-attributes="member: 2196"><p>Every year my mom holds her annual Christmas party. This year the party is tomorrow night. The adults do a white elephant gift exchange, and the kids get their gifts early from the relatives we don't see on Christmas day. Everybody brings their favorite appetizer to share. This year difficult child is making a new recipe she found in one of the cook books she just bought. She wants to eventually become a chef so she's really excited to be baking a dish for the whole family.</p><p> </p><p>Christmas Eve is just a quiet night spent at home, and Christmas morning the kids open their gifts from me. This year, since my boyfriend is with us, I am getting him a stocking filled with his favorite candy and a couple of gift cards to his favorite places to eat. After we open our gifts at home, we go to my mom's for a Christmas breakfast. The kids usually get several gifts from her, and she gets me a gift and I get her and my stepdad something small. We stay until dinner then go home. </p><p> </p><p>For me Christmas can be incredibly stressful, because I get panic attacks in crowded stores, which makes shopping not so fun. This year I am actually getting child support and it comes at the beginning of the month, which makes shopping much easier. Normally I have to wait until my paycheck at the end of the month to do my shopping, so I have no choice but to go in crowded stores. This year I was able to do most of my shopping online. What a huge relief! Not only was I able to avoid doing a bunch of physical shopping, but I was actually able to get my kids the gifts they wanted BEFORE my mom beat me to it and got them first. They are going to be super excited to see their favorite gifts under our tree. I love Christmas, with all the lights and decorations, but wish it didn't make me go broke once a year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Californiablonde, post: 614683, member: 2196"] Every year my mom holds her annual Christmas party. This year the party is tomorrow night. The adults do a white elephant gift exchange, and the kids get their gifts early from the relatives we don't see on Christmas day. Everybody brings their favorite appetizer to share. This year difficult child is making a new recipe she found in one of the cook books she just bought. She wants to eventually become a chef so she's really excited to be baking a dish for the whole family. Christmas Eve is just a quiet night spent at home, and Christmas morning the kids open their gifts from me. This year, since my boyfriend is with us, I am getting him a stocking filled with his favorite candy and a couple of gift cards to his favorite places to eat. After we open our gifts at home, we go to my mom's for a Christmas breakfast. The kids usually get several gifts from her, and she gets me a gift and I get her and my stepdad something small. We stay until dinner then go home. For me Christmas can be incredibly stressful, because I get panic attacks in crowded stores, which makes shopping not so fun. This year I am actually getting child support and it comes at the beginning of the month, which makes shopping much easier. Normally I have to wait until my paycheck at the end of the month to do my shopping, so I have no choice but to go in crowded stores. This year I was able to do most of my shopping online. What a huge relief! Not only was I able to avoid doing a bunch of physical shopping, but I was actually able to get my kids the gifts they wanted BEFORE my mom beat me to it and got them first. They are going to be super excited to see their favorite gifts under our tree. I love Christmas, with all the lights and decorations, but wish it didn't make me go broke once a year. [/QUOTE]
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