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Quiet Em

(1,735 posts)
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 02:01 PM Dec 2024

For the first time ever in our 34 years of marriage

My husband and I are spending Christmas day with our children and no one else. No siblings, nor relatives, just us. I am so looking forward to it.

Whatever you are celebrating, or not celebrating this year, I wish you all peace and comfort.

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For the first time ever in our 34 years of marriage (Original Post) Quiet Em Dec 2024 OP
Merry ChrisHannZa to you! bif Dec 2024 #1
Peace and happiness to you and your family. LoisB Dec 2024 #2
Our Christmas will suck like always because we're required to spend it with my wife's MAGA family. GoYouPackersGo Dec 2024 #3
Just say No Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2024 #6
We're headed that way. GoYouPackersGo Dec 2024 #17
Enjoy! We just got done with the family Christmas... MiHale Dec 2024 #4
She's a lucky woman, Sucha NastyWoman Dec 2024 #7
Happy Christmas evilhime Dec 2024 #5
I am spending Christmas with my two roommates and one of my roommate's grandson. n/t totodeinhere Dec 2024 #8
Sounds like a perfectly Merry Christmas! surfered Dec 2024 #9
We've had empty nest Christmas for years. IzzaNuDay Dec 2024 #10
just me and her for years rampartd Dec 2024 #12
I'm spending this evening with my kitty. For some reason, it just worked out this way and I'm just fine Deuxcents Dec 2024 #11
Yes, peaceful day here. Hope22 Dec 2024 #13
My favorite Christmas Movie is DENVERPOPS Dec 2024 #14
My wife and I are going up to my grandson's house for awhile later Mr.Bill Dec 2024 #15
We Consider Today To Be Wednesday ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #16
"" AllaN01Bear Dec 2024 #18

GoYouPackersGo

(221 posts)
3. Our Christmas will suck like always because we're required to spend it with my wife's MAGA family.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:32 PM
Dec 2024

I hope someday to have a Christmas like yours. Enjoy!!!

GoYouPackersGo

(221 posts)
17. We're headed that way.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 03:24 PM
Dec 2024

It's hard because my wife's mother lays a massive guilt trip on her if we try to establish any sort of boundary. They're still her parents, so she struggles. But this year for the first time ever we're not staying overnight. Baby steps, I guess.

MiHale

(11,434 posts)
4. Enjoy! We just got done with the family Christmas...
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 03:57 PM
Dec 2024

Looking forward to peace and serenity this Christmas Day spending time with my dear wife … 51 yrs married.

evilhime

(347 posts)
5. Happy Christmas
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 04:04 PM
Dec 2024

to you . . . i’ll be spending it here with the DU folks, since my granddaughter has covid our family plans were scrapped. And so it goes! Happy Christmas to all!!!

IzzaNuDay

(909 posts)
10. We've had empty nest Christmas for years.
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 05:15 PM
Dec 2024

No nearby siblings or relatives. Post-pandemic, we aren’t comfortable partying in other spaces. The spouse and I will spend the day looking at TV or listening to music.

rampartd

(1,799 posts)
12. just me and her for years
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:29 AM
Dec 2024

a little turkey breast and dressing or thanksgiving cornish hens.

no fuss, no bother. i'm happy.

Deuxcents

(21,560 posts)
11. I'm spending this evening with my kitty. For some reason, it just worked out this way and I'm just fine
Tue Dec 24, 2024, 10:18 PM
Dec 2024

Watching It’s a Wonderful Life for the 100th time but it’s all good. Merry n Happy how ever you celebrate 🎄

Hope22

(3,795 posts)
13. Yes, peaceful day here.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 01:39 PM
Dec 2024

We had a Christmas Eve dinner with our son and daughter in law. Now I’m!Getting psyched up to roll out some Christmas cookies! Have a great day!💗💗🎄🙏🏼

DENVERPOPS

(11,572 posts)
14. My favorite Christmas Movie is
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 01:43 PM
Dec 2024

*Home for the Holidays*? with Holly Hunter and other great actors........

LOL

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
15. My wife and I are going up to my grandson's house for awhile later
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 02:04 PM
Dec 2024

for a quick visit to see what the great grandchildren got for Christmas.

Then they will be going to a friend's house for dinner, then we will be alone for the day. My grandson called us last night and said he got us some crabs for dinner, so that will be nice.

Merry Christmas to all, however you celebrate it.

ProfessorGAC

(72,105 posts)
16. We Consider Today To Be Wednesday
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 03:04 PM
Dec 2024

We had friends over yesterday and I made surf & turf. Today is just sitting around doing nothing

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