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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 491276" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>Christmas was always a special time growing up. I was very blessed with supportive, loving parents that are still together and a brother who I love and have always gotten along with. My mother would make a special xmas eve dinner and we'd get to open a present, as she commented the other day usually new pj's so we looked good for photos, haha. </p><p></p><p>The next day we'd wake and open gifts. Then mom would prepare a big dinner for both sets of grandparents and my great & uncle. After that we'd hang around and play with our toys etc, then open presents from the grandparents. In late afternoon all the uncles, aunts and cousins would come and my mom would put on a buffet and more present opening would take place.</p><p></p><p>Those were the best times and it was that way for many, many years until the cousins got older and had families of their own or moved. So now the celebration is much, much smaller. We've held it at our house, but usually go to my parents. We will visit and have dinner with mother in law and her husband on xmas eve. This year our large group is now only 6. So my parents, my grandmother (who is the only living grandparent I have left, she's 93), husband, difficult child and I who will have dinner on xmas. My brother lives on the west coast with his wife, they always call. husband is an only child and so is difficult child. The cousin I am closest to, who is like a sister, lives the furthest away with her daughter who is a year younger than difficult child. So no kids for difficult child to play with on xmas like I had growing up.</p><p></p><p>It will be quite and difficult child will want to get back home to play with his new things. Luckily, my parents live a minute up the road by car.</p><p></p><p>I have found it harder each year to get in the spirit, usually do to what I've been dealing with for the past 9yrs of difficult child dom. Yet I have to say this year is good. difficult child is doing so, so well and is much easier, most of the time, to deal with. So I have been looking foward to xmas. I am looking foward to a 9 day vaca from work and the look on difficult child's face on xmas morning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 491276, member: 3477"] Christmas was always a special time growing up. I was very blessed with supportive, loving parents that are still together and a brother who I love and have always gotten along with. My mother would make a special xmas eve dinner and we'd get to open a present, as she commented the other day usually new pj's so we looked good for photos, haha. The next day we'd wake and open gifts. Then mom would prepare a big dinner for both sets of grandparents and my great & uncle. After that we'd hang around and play with our toys etc, then open presents from the grandparents. In late afternoon all the uncles, aunts and cousins would come and my mom would put on a buffet and more present opening would take place. Those were the best times and it was that way for many, many years until the cousins got older and had families of their own or moved. So now the celebration is much, much smaller. We've held it at our house, but usually go to my parents. We will visit and have dinner with mother in law and her husband on xmas eve. This year our large group is now only 6. So my parents, my grandmother (who is the only living grandparent I have left, she's 93), husband, difficult child and I who will have dinner on xmas. My brother lives on the west coast with his wife, they always call. husband is an only child and so is difficult child. The cousin I am closest to, who is like a sister, lives the furthest away with her daughter who is a year younger than difficult child. So no kids for difficult child to play with on xmas like I had growing up. It will be quite and difficult child will want to get back home to play with his new things. Luckily, my parents live a minute up the road by car. I have found it harder each year to get in the spirit, usually do to what I've been dealing with for the past 9yrs of difficult child dom. Yet I have to say this year is good. difficult child is doing so, so well and is much easier, most of the time, to deal with. So I have been looking foward to xmas. I am looking foward to a 9 day vaca from work and the look on difficult child's face on xmas morning. [/QUOTE]
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