Happiness during the festive season
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So what do you guys do / not do to keep sanity in perspective during the festivities.
Is Christmas a time of celebration for you, or a time that you dread?
wingsofloveSince beginning the menopause I get easily stressed when 'entertaining' which is very sad as I used to love cooking for others and being the hostess with the mostest!
This year, due to my foot op and the fact that I find all of that so stressful now I have decided I am not inviting anyone around at all over the whole two weeks of the school holidays with one exception, our eldest daughter and her two kiddies on boxing day, as they are alone otherwise due to her partner leaving her.
I have told all the rest of my family, 3 sets of parents and 4 siblings and their families, who all do the " You come to my house on this day and then we'll come to yours on that day" that we are not playing!
Sounds boring maybe but I tell you with that amount of people to visit and then have here in return it takes up the whole two weeks and is extremely stressful.
I am looking after me and mine this year and if they do not understand that or appreciate it then it is their problem!!! (Purple)
I was going to start a new topic asking what people do during the holiday season and also wishing everyone a happy holiday, but then I saw this topic and thought it would be better to add to this.
Charlie and I are not overly in to organised religion. For us Christmas is about family. We do a traditional roast dinner (although Charlie has a veggie rost) and will have far too much sweet stuff. We will also have Christmas presents and a tree. I think I am the only person who hasn't put ours up yet, but I know my son will drive me nuts playing with it.
We plan to have a quiet, fun day, chatting on the phone to family overseas and playing with our son's new toys.
I am a firm believer that Christmas should be a fun time, that if you find it a chore having the whole family over then don't and that people should want to come and visit you, not feel obligated. There is nothing worse than certain holidays/festivals that you are made to do but you don't want to.
WOL and Purple, hope you both have the fab day you deserve.
What do you have planned? (rachael)
