No Family Christmas Party This Year

Della said:
Deep fried meatballs sound good to me. I'm a full blooded West Virginia hillbilly and I know we like to remind people that most of us are of Scottish descent to remind them that we once were civilized.
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Della we Scots are just good old fashioned Hillbillies wearing tartan.... and chasing the haggis around the mountainside...

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We have 5 kids between us; we've been together 11 years. We have had one Christmas where we were invited, we attended. Three of five kids were there. We hosted one Christmas where none of our children came home; have invited them all every Christmas. They are scattered in four states; grands in college...each has their own thing for Christmas it seems. We are considering trying to establish our own Christmas, just the two of us each year, a cruise or trip. It used to be depressing, especially since when all the kids were home, I did up Christmas 110% for the joy and love I have for kids. Have seen the eight grandkids only once for Christmas in 25 years. Life is not Normal Rockwell anymore. Oh, well...we move on and change.
 

911 said:
It's an open offer with ticket included. You would enjoy the trip more over here, if you wanted to come in the summer, but it's good to be with friends over the holidays too. We are pretty active and spend a lot of time outdoors and even though we don't ski anymore, we still go to some of the slopes and hang out in the chalets while having some nosh and a few drinks. The stories the skiers tell are always interesting.

Hershey Park is open over the holidays with thousands of lights and some of the rides are open. Hot Hershey cocoa is always available and if it snows prior to Christmas, it makes the village look so much more realistic.

Gettysburg Battlefield in the winter is a very solemn place and if it should snow, it makes for a beautiful scene, especially if there is a full moon out and it glistens off the snow over the Battlefield.

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Holly—-We hope you can make it over next year. Everyone is excited to meet you.
 
We do Xmas as the families can work the schedule out. Just let it happen, no pressure. Would we really want them all living with us every week.
We have 8 bedrooms here, Sleeping all the families but the Pain of it all, the Pain.... The difference is Markedly obvious.
 
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debodun said:
Christmas is sort of depressing for older people because they remember the past holidays and feel nostalgic. I feel sad thinking about all the happy Christmases in the house in which I grew up and it now gutted and abandoned. :(
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Gutted and abandoned? Wasn't it completely redone and sold? You needed out of that big place.

But it's got to be hard for people who have those happy memories in their past when the get togethers no longer exist. It seems it's not going to happen deb and I'm sorry. Try to find something to do that day. Even just at home.
 
Dad calls his adult daughter a few days before Christmas and says, "I just wanted to let you know that your Mom and I are getting a divorce."

"WHAAAT????"

"Yes, I've met a young woman who really makes me happy and I deserve to be happy, don't you agree? And your mom has decided that she wants to go out on the road, following some band that she likes. She's so excited that she's getting their logo tattooed on her neck tomorrow. We're going to sell the house and liquidate our accounts so that we can each do our own thing. We have an appointment with the lawyer day after tomorrow. We'll have to change our wills, also."

"Listen, Dad, don't you and Mom do A THING until I get there! I'm going to call Bobby and get him to come, too. Somebody's got to talk some sense into you two. You can't do this! You've been married 35 years! It's just some sort of mid-life crisis you two are having and you'll regret doing this! Bobby and I will sit down with you and we'll work this out! I'm calling the airlines right now!"

Dad hangs up the phone, turns to his wife and says, "OK, the kids are coming for Christmas. Next year, it's YOUR turn to get them here...."
 
I spend every Christmas alone and love it. I don't even know where my tree is. Probably buried in a big closet. I haven't seen it in 15 years. It's also the one day I know no one will bother me. I also haven't been in anyones home during the holidays in 25 years. I prefer my own company.
 
debodun said:
I am talking about the house in which I grew up, my first house. The house that was sold and renovated was my second home.
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Thanks for the clarification. That house does look neglected and bad. I thought the house you sold had been your childhood home.
 

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