My parents live just up the road, so I really have no choice, even if I dreaded it. That said, I can OD on family time, especially in the holiday season.
I like the mystery of gifts, but each Xmas, I come out of it like a packrat. I donate things, but still, my mother loves t give me gifts throughout the year, thus creating clutter.
So,as I get older, I find less of a need for Christmas, but at the same time, I'd feel weird saying "screw it", and not doing Xmas (or, FTM, Thanksgiving, which is problematic for my stomach issues).
I like the mystery of gifts, but each Xmas, I come out of it like a packrat. I donate things, but still, my mother loves t give me gifts throughout the year, thus creating clutter.
So,as I get older, I find less of a need for Christmas, but at the same time, I'd feel weird saying "screw it", and not doing Xmas (or, FTM, Thanksgiving, which is problematic for my stomach issues).
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
