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Have any of you ever interrupted or got rid of family Christmas traditions?
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:22 pm
When we were kids, on Christmas Eve, it was going to my grandparents and we’d eat there and have family time there. They’ve since passed. Been a good 10 years+ now. Once they passed, we moved that Christmas Eve dinner to a cousins house. But every year we go there are more kids we don’t even know and it gets a bit more white trash each year. Family that we don’t really keep up with for the most part. There were literally 6-8 kids there last night that we’re related to and honestly couldn’t even tell you their names. We just go because it’s tradition. It’s a chore.
Then Christmas morning we wake up here and the kids open their gifts…which are things they really don’t need. Their Christmas lists usually don’t consist of much, because to be honest, during the year, they get most everything they need. Or ask for. So there’s nothing extravagant about it. We don’t spend an exorbitant amount of money on gifts. We stay there for maybe an hour or so and we head back home.
Then, it’s off to my parents home to be there for 8am with immediate family. Immediate family is pretty close so we make sure we’re there for that. I don’t mind doing this, but gift ideas are running dry. It’s mostly $20 gifts for adults Kids don’t need anything. Wife and I don’t need anything.
Brought up taking a Christmas trip next year instead of this same old routine. My dad is always up for something. He doesn’t give a damn. It’s my mom that’s always questionable. She reluctantly said ok today, but she made sure she threw in “we HAVE to be here for Christmas Day.”
I think we’re going to do something different next Christmas. The trip will be the “gift.” We are looking at a NYC holiday trip next season.
Then Christmas morning we wake up here and the kids open their gifts…which are things they really don’t need. Their Christmas lists usually don’t consist of much, because to be honest, during the year, they get most everything they need. Or ask for. So there’s nothing extravagant about it. We don’t spend an exorbitant amount of money on gifts. We stay there for maybe an hour or so and we head back home.
Then, it’s off to my parents home to be there for 8am with immediate family. Immediate family is pretty close so we make sure we’re there for that. I don’t mind doing this, but gift ideas are running dry. It’s mostly $20 gifts for adults Kids don’t need anything. Wife and I don’t need anything.
Brought up taking a Christmas trip next year instead of this same old routine. My dad is always up for something. He doesn’t give a damn. It’s my mom that’s always questionable. She reluctantly said ok today, but she made sure she threw in “we HAVE to be here for Christmas Day.”
I think we’re going to do something different next Christmas. The trip will be the “gift.” We are looking at a NYC holiday trip next season.
This post was edited on 12/25/22 at 9:26 pm
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Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:24 pm to Prominentwon
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We are looking at a NYC holiday trip next season.
Don't forget Kevin.
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:26 pm to Prominentwon
Christmas is a time to spend with family and give thanks for the gift that is eternal salvation in Christ.
However you want to celebrate that, keep Christ at the center and spend it with the ones you love.
However you want to celebrate that, keep Christ at the center and spend it with the ones you love.
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:28 pm to Prominentwon
Lol you wrote all that shite no one cares about, trolling for sympathy...sad
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:29 pm to Prominentwon
quote:Arkansas folk are prohibited from answering this thread.
Have any of you ever interrupted or got rid of family Christmas traditions?
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:30 pm to Strannix
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Lol you wrote all that shite no one cares about,
How long does it take you to write 4 paragraphs?
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:32 pm to Prominentwon
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Then Christmas morning we wake up here and the kids open their gifts….. We stay there for maybe an hour or so and we head back home.
You spend the night at the cousins?
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:32 pm to Prominentwon
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We are looking at a NYC holiday trip next season.
Hmmm. We have started planning for a NYC trip next year Dec 26-30.
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:33 pm to Prominentwon
Make your own Christmas Eve tradition
Cherish every last second of Christmas with your parents because it’s fleeting and you can never get it back.
Gifts are for little kids, start baking things annually and give as gifts or do Salvation Army Angel Trees and buy for less fortunate, do a Secret Santa so you only need to buy one gifts, etc.
Just focus on spending time together and having fun. If you need a trip to do that, take it. But probably not necessary if you change your mindset IMO
Cherish every last second of Christmas with your parents because it’s fleeting and you can never get it back.
Gifts are for little kids, start baking things annually and give as gifts or do Salvation Army Angel Trees and buy for less fortunate, do a Secret Santa so you only need to buy one gifts, etc.
Just focus on spending time together and having fun. If you need a trip to do that, take it. But probably not necessary if you change your mindset IMO
This post was edited on 12/25/22 at 9:34 pm
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
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We have started planning for a NYC trip next year Dec 26-30.
We’re thinking the weekend before Christmas. We don’t want to be there for NYE.
This post was edited on 12/25/22 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:36 pm to Eighteen
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Just focus on spending time together
That’s the goal…but not what we’ve been doing for a long, long time with zero changes.
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:39 pm to Prominentwon
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Brought up taking a Christmas trip next year instead of this same old routine.
We've gone to Rosemary Beach the last 3 years and have no plans to change in the future. It's just the wife, kids, and me. It's wonderful and relaxing.
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:40 pm to Prominentwon
NYC during Christmas is so overrated. Overcrowded, terrible weather, and expensive.
I’d prefer somewhere in the mountains.
I’d prefer somewhere in the mountains.
This post was edited on 12/25/22 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:41 pm to Prominentwon
Yes...we have told our 3 children and their families to establish their traditions and we will gather as a family thereafter
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:41 pm to Prominentwon
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Then, it’s off to my parents home to be there for 8am
Good Lord
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:43 pm to Prominentwon
My cousin always cooks an owl over oats but it doesn’t taste good
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:45 pm to Prominentwon
You lost me at “be at someone’s house by 8am”.
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:48 pm to Prominentwon
Yes. Once my oldest was 2 we stopped doing all other plans to be home for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Both my family and MrsWafer’s (no pics) family respected our decision.
Both my family and MrsWafer’s (no pics) family respected our decision.
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:48 pm to Prominentwon
My father in law invites his side of the family to their house for Christmas Day. I sound like a Grinch but my mother in law plays the same game every year. The winner gets a small gift and NO ONE can leave until the game is played. I've been with the family for over 15 years and it's the same thing every year. No one wants to play it, my father in law rolls his eyes every year at it.
This year, we were leaving to go to another family members house and my MIL was like "NOPE NOPE! Can't leave until we play the game!
This year, we were leaving to go to another family members house and my MIL was like "NOPE NOPE! Can't leave until we play the game!
This post was edited on 12/25/22 at 9:49 pm
Posted on 12/25/22 at 9:49 pm to Prominentwon
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But every year we go there are more kids we don’t even know and it gets a bit more white trash each year.
We just might be related. I keep saying it's time to establish a yearly reunion to allow closer family units to do their own deal. I'm not that interested in spending precious holiday time with my 3rd cousins boyfriend and his kids.
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