Well both parents gone when I was 23, Wife has been gone for 10. So I have become a Grinch. Mom and my wife LOVED X Mas.
Do you dread family gatherings?
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I try to host the family here for birthdays, Summer bar b ques and Christmas.
I must have been going through a darker period in 2017 when I first started this topic because I do enjoy the get-togethers nowadays.
I must have been going through a darker period in 2017 when I first started this topic because I do enjoy the get-togethers nowadays.
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We get older and it starts meaning more!
That said I tired quickly some 35/40 years ago, expected to be both at my parents and Wife's parents on Christmas day. Hell they were only 6 hours apart and us 1.5 hours from the first one, but my old '77 Ramcharger locked up in 4 HI got us there. LOL I don't miss that at all! Wife's parents are still with us, but her Dad is in Florida all Winter and her Mom I threw out of the house in '89... so life is good! LOL
That said I tired quickly some 35/40 years ago, expected to be both at my parents and Wife's parents on Christmas day. Hell they were only 6 hours apart and us 1.5 hours from the first one, but my old '77 Ramcharger locked up in 4 HI got us there. LOL I don't miss that at all! Wife's parents are still with us, but her Dad is in Florida all Winter and her Mom I threw out of the house in '89... so life is good! LOL
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Our holiday routine has changed in the past couple years. My MIL passed away 2 years ago, and we always spent Christmas Eve at her house. The kids loved it, and the food and company was good. Christmas is spent at my Moms house, and I cook a prime rib, football and left/right/center was always played after dinner. This year and from now on will be a tough one on the holidays with Nellas passing away. My Mom is not doing well with that, and my wife is still completely devastated. Nella loved Christmas, now with her gone, I just don’t know how we’re going to get through the holidays. I’m going to put ketchup on my Turkey this year in memory of her, she hated gravy, but loved ketchup, even on her Turkey. We’re just going to do our best to get through this year.
With our parents gone, my wife has assumed the role of patriarch of the family. She has two sisters and two brothers, and we are close with the nieces and nephews. We’ll have 21 here for Thanksgiving, and tho it’s very crowded in our small house, we all look forward to it. Same numbers on Christmas Eve.
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