but many yrs ago I moved to my husbands locale and they are not one big happy family...I say they're dysfunctional....two of his brothers don't even live here and there are not a lot of relatives here anymore....
so holidays are not as happy as I would like them to be....even my two adult children live away and since my son is divorced its rare he can bring the kids here for holidays...
I wish we had stayed where my family lives, clear across the country but that didn't happen and one has to learn how to bloom where they are sowed....
so these holiday cooking threads are great for me....brings back memories about big holidays and lots of food and business.....
If family can’t be there, you can always make friends...
We have a similar story to yours. No family nearby plus we are all getting older and just don’t like to travel. We have some really good memories though.