[Heart of Georgia]

“Everyone together at Christmas dinner puts a smile on my face.”

I wholeheartedly agree! There are no babies/kids around here yet [unfortunately], and we’ve all decided to not do much of anything, just a token gift. Not a one of us can think of anything we need that we don’t already have.

[ponygirl]

Three years ago after a huge family blowup at Christmas, we just decided to stop it. There are no little kids in my family, so that year we just looked around and said, "Why are we doing this when it is not fun?" Christmas has been so much happier since we made the decision to stop the gifts. We go to church services Christmas eve, make a nice breakfast Christmas morning, and there is no more of the stress.

The relative who caused all the problems refuses to go to Christmas eve services with us, (he's a liberal, what can I say), so he doesn't travel here for Christmas anymore. He and his uber-liberal wife stay where they are and probably talk smack about us for the day.