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Do you enjoy the holidays?
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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 491149" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>To me it is stressful. I work hard to make it "cheery". Bake, traditions, gifts, decorate. My mom and dad always did a good job but it ended when they were divorced. I was 17-no more celebrations after that. Really no more close family. Our family is small also. We don't go to in-laws since we found out about abuse to difficult child-that was a stress anyway. The only thing I love is the singing in my choir and my own school choirs I direct. I dread the week after-feel kind of down always. We always bake and give to the neighbors and always do some charity. The neighbors don't send goodies anymore and noone stops in for a visit either. I have tried not to think on it and just be cheery for my kids and their friends that sometimes hang out because nothing is happening at their homes. I wonder how to change all this. Maybe a trip to a warm place next year and avoid all the hype and let down???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 491149, member: 11001"] To me it is stressful. I work hard to make it "cheery". Bake, traditions, gifts, decorate. My mom and dad always did a good job but it ended when they were divorced. I was 17-no more celebrations after that. Really no more close family. Our family is small also. We don't go to in-laws since we found out about abuse to difficult child-that was a stress anyway. The only thing I love is the singing in my choir and my own school choirs I direct. I dread the week after-feel kind of down always. We always bake and give to the neighbors and always do some charity. The neighbors don't send goodies anymore and noone stops in for a visit either. I have tried not to think on it and just be cheery for my kids and their friends that sometimes hang out because nothing is happening at their homes. I wonder how to change all this. Maybe a trip to a warm place next year and avoid all the hype and let down??? [/QUOTE]
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