Will you have a Merry Christmas, in spite of yourself?

Not in spite of myself. because of myself.

What @marinelife said.

Ditto to what marinelife and Jillthetooth said.

Who am I to argue with @marinelife, @JilltheTooth and @john65pennington?

What @marinelife , @john65pennington , @JilltheTooth , and @gailcalled said.
Merry Christmas to all of you! (even you, @saint )

My husband will I hope. He has turned into a scrooge. It pisses me off.

I am having a very enjoyable Christmas. I hope you are, too, @saint!

Having a great Christmas, just me and a very ill S/O (cancer). Happiness and blessings are abundant. One of the things I love to do on Christmas if it is sunny and chilly, as it is today in Middle TN, is to drive around the streets of the city. Simply because this is the only day of the year that one can do that without traffic. It’s a different experience….at least for me. I do it every year. 90 minutes of sunshine left, so I should be on my way, and she is going with me.

@JLeslie Does Mr Scrooge have a day of family obligations? That used to make me a bit of a scrooge.

@plethora Not at all. We did not go to see family this christmas. I always thought it had to do with his christmas as a young child being so over the top fantastic, and as an adult being dissappointing. Now I am not so sure what it is? It’s all holidays. It bothers me. He has a great attitude about so many things, we do many exciting things in our life, it isn’t like he is a depressive person in general. I just don’t get it.

@plethora : Having been, at one time, very ill from cancer myself, I wish you and your SO a very sweet and gentle holiday. (I’d wish you that anyway, I just get the ill thing, so even more so from me.)

@JLeslie. I have to say I love Christmas but this year, it felt a little like we were all just going through the motions. I actually spoke to my family about it and said next year we were going to change everything we do because it is supposed to be (for me) about the love of family and making things special and exciting for those we love.

My husband, like yours, is not into Christmas and we had the ‘you are a Christmas Grinch’ conversation. I think for my husband, firstly he is an atheist, secondly, he can buy anything he wants over the year and thirdly, he just thinks it is all a bit of a waste of time. He isn’t emotionally invested in the whole thing. It matters to me so much I think because it is all about family and making it special for my children.

What @marinelife @JilltheTooth @john65pennington @gailcalled @filmfann said, except that I already did! :-)

@JilltheTooth Thanks very much. She has a wonderful spirit. Have never been this close to death. People in my family just drop dead, so there was never a run-up to sickness and death. Thanks again and so glad you made it through.

@Bellatrix You’re very perceptive. Not so sure I have ever been emotionally invested in the holiday celebration. Probably was before the kids were grown. At any rate, the emotional investment does make all the diff.

I always look forward to a Merry Christmas, but this year was harder than usual. The two preschoolers woke up puking, but seemed to recover by late afternoon, so Sonny brought them over anyway. Their Mother couldn’t make it because she is sick.

I made a delicious turkey dinner and all the fixings for 7 adults and two preschoolers, but only four adults felt like eating when it finally got ready. Why finally you ask? My oven decided to go on the blink and only half of the unit fired up, so the meat took twice as long.The rest of the meal came out beautifully. I made garlic potatoes with fresh garlic mmmmm.

Two of the guests finally got out of bed (sick) and took a couple of plates back into their room. Sonny took food home for his wife. The grandsons don’t seem sick, but they both appear to have diarrhea, and have been bathed twice, so far. They love playing in the shower.

Everyone loved their presents. I got two blankets, one as a gift for moderating on another site, and one from my oldest Grandson who heard me complaining about being cold. I also got a lovely Fluther coffee mug and the entire Harry Potter movie series in a set. I already had all the movies, but I don’t like loaning out my only copies of a movie, so the new set is not for loaning out.

My youngest grandsons got a mega pack of games, so we spent the evening playing games. They also got some drawing desks with color markers that only work on the treated books, so no drawing on their arms or the tables.

Turns out we had a very nice Chritsmas, and I think my husband enjoyed himself. We dropped by the house of some friends we see quite often just to say hello, and then on to a party for dinner, we didn’t know most of the people there. Turned out to be very fun, and everyone was very nice. I asked my husband if he had a good night and he said he did, his response seemed very geniune, I was glad.

@Bellatrix Funny, I am the atheist in the family, and I grew up Jewish. My husband believes in God, although is not very religious, and definitey does not get caught up in any details like whether Jesus is God’s son or not. I used to be scroogey at Christmas time because it was so unfamiliar to me, I had not celebrated it. As I got older I became more open to the whole Christmas thing, especially working in retail made it more of a festive time.

It usually is really looked forward to but this year my immediate family and friends were missing from our home. This was my first Christmas with just my husband and his kids and it wasn’t the same feeling at all. My in-laws are such great people though, they were the counterbalance to send the Grinch away :)