What is everyone doing for the holidays?

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Just wondering what everyone is doing for the holidays..

I am driving home to my Dads on Christmas Eve.. We are going to have a long talk, so nervous, eventhough I know he is only worried about my happieness.

I will be back at Renee's on Friday for the weekend. Renee and Mark were nice enough to invite me on their family vacation (a Disney cruse) we leave that following week.. More on that on my blog..

What about everyone else?
 
I will be studying, studying, studying. But boy do I wish I was going on a cruise!

My family is celebrating Christmas this week, because everyone is going out of town and to their in-laws for the holidays. So I will have plenty of peace and quiet time over the holidays...priceless;)
 
Nothing for xmas because none of is celebrate it. For newyears Nate , jane, and I are going out to my friend's club and we got a really nice hotel room down town within walking distance to all the bars. Nate has never had alcohol and he's decided this year he wants to drink with us. Im pretty sure if Sam isn't working he'll be with his friends
 
Boy is coming over on Christmas day, as are a few friends. I'm excited that Hubby and I will be surrounded by our "family" even if there are no blood relatives around.
 
Christmas Day will probably be quiet around here -- if things can be quiet just four days after moving from Olympia to Yelm. We tend to go out to eat at some kind of nice restaurant on Christmas Eve or the next day.

I was in Utah on the 6th and "enjoyed" a big Christmas bash with quite a few relatives. Truth be told I have gotten too old to be excited about the holidays. I like it quiet (bah humbug).
 
Quiet here too. Not combining holiday celebrations with Mal and Djinn yet (haven't even talked about it), so staying home. Usually have a good sized (10-20 people) party, but just couldn't get the timing worked out this year, so I'm doing a New Year's thing instead :)

Billie and I will still do the turkey and all the trimmings for just the two of us, so we'll have leftovers well into Janiary probably, lol!
 
We're at Disney World right now, which is a huge part of our family Christmas this year. We've bought a few Christmas presents, but we're mostly just enjoying each other and having fun at the parks. We'll be home at 11:30 pm on December 23rd (or at least that's what time our plane is supposed to be in). So the 24th will be hopefully a restful day, other than getting presents wrapped. We're pretty much done shopping, other than anything else we buy here. I go back to work on the 26th. My husband is off until January 5th. I'm a little jealous :). We'll probably visit my family and my husband's family on Christmas. We'll have cinnamon rolls in the morning, like we always do.
 
I'm working extra shifts this season, and taking it easy on my very few days off. That's okay with me - I am not much interested in the 'forced merriment," as I call it, that we are pressured to take part in by society at this time of year. I don't have to go anywhere, buy anything for anyone, eat special foods, nor have to deal with family unless I want to. Whew! What a relief.
 
I'm doing a bit of extra work over the holidays too. I don't join in with the present buying or forced enjoyment at this time of year so I am working extra to allow others in my team time off with their families. :)

I do enjoy the extra social time with loved ones, though. I am spending much of the day on Christmas with my extended family. Then Boxing Day with my partner. Then going away with friends for a couple of days. I have a couple of parties to go to as well.

All fun and none of the stress of buying tons of presents, cards and complicated food. :)

I give some extra money to charity at this time of year.
 
Alt and Country are spending the entire school break (Country's school break, which begins Tuesday; Alt isn't in school anymore) with their father, so we're doing our "Christmas" with Hubby's parents and here at our house on Monday night. I'll be driving them to their dad's on Tuesday, and then on Christmas Day, Hubby and I will pick them up from their dad, take them to visit my parents for a couple hours, and then drop them back with their dad. Their dad lives less than an hour from my parents, but he and they live about two hours from Hubby and me.

S2 and I will be exchanging gifts Tuesday night; I'm going to his place after I drop off Alt and Country. When I saw him last night, he sent a gift for each girl home with me, and when I see him Tuesday, I'll be leaving gifts for Spikes and Beads. And the following week, we'll be going to our chat group's New Year's Eve party together.

Hubby will be working Tuesday night, as well as Christmas Eve, so we aren't doing anything couplish for Christmas. And he'll also be working New Year's Eve, which is why he has no problem with S2 being the one to take me to the NYE party.
 
One more vote for quiet. Me and my guys will have several days off work during Christmas and spend the entire time at home. Might get some guests over one of the days.

We are not for the "forced merriment" either, not giving gifts or doing some extra decorations for the house, but we do love food. We really enjoy cooking and eating together, and Christmas is a fabulous time for that.
 
I can't resist a little of the "forced merriment" . . . though we try not to force it too much.

I'm not even a little bit religious but, you know, it's dark and cold out there, so some colored lights, some gift-exchanging, some impossibly rich food, and some music that evokes memories can go a long way.

We have an absurdly large tree in the back room, encrusted with decorations many of which were inherited from Vix's family. We'll be wrapping some carefully selected gifts for the girls, including some things intended to spur their creativity and self-expression.

(No spoilers!)

That said, we'll spend the 24th and 25th quietly at home, just the four of us. We'll cook a lot - cookies, home-made pizza - on the 24th, then just hang out on the 25th, maybe take a walk in the neighborhood.

We do have a caroling party to go to on the night of the Solstice: lots of good friends and good music on the longest night. It's the indoor variety of caroling; we won't be taking it on the road.

I'm enjoying some time off from teaching.

I've been taking an unusual number of long naps.
 
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I can't help but post this here: it might resonate with some of you who are down on the whole forced-merriment thing:

http://youtu.be/UqZ1O0YhY5Q

(That's the incomparable Miles Davis and the equally incomparable Bob Dorough; people of a certain age will probably recognize Dorough's voice, as he was one of the creative forces behind Schoolhouse Rock, back in the day.)
 
definitely a first

So this Christmas year will be a first. Alis and I have a new person in our lives and it's going positive. He may be around some during Christmas but other than that were doing Christmas with the kids. Fun will be I'm off during new years and everyone has agreed to go to New Orleans and just be ourselves (aka not worry about being seen in public together... our town talks). Family will watch our kids and we will all have a blast. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

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I always volunteer to work Christmas week so my colleagues (most of whom have children) can do their thing - and I get the rest of the holidays OFF!

My siblings usually spend their holidays with their in-laws and we do ours before or after (looks like around New Years this year) as they know that I am always working for the actual holiday. (My family is so flexible, they make everything SO easy!:p)

Same deal for MrS's family - haven't heard the plans for this year yet, whatever. (Dude is no longer in contact with any of his - malevolent, terrible, awful - family; so that doesn't come into play.)

We only buy presents for nieces/nephews ... and that is MrS's job. (Although I did buy something for my mom this year - was "junk-tiquing" with Lotus yesterday and COULDN'T resist - it was too perfect!)
 
For Christmas, we'll be doing a small gathering with family and friends. No big elaborate celebrations. Small and simple.

New Years there are no plans for us right now. We are to stressed out with Christmas enough as it is at the moment.
 
I LOVE christmas! Christmas eve will be spent with my family, and Moonlight will meet them all for the first time (eek!). Christmas day will be spent at Moonlight's, with her family and friends. Hoping to hang out with Punk sometime between christmas and new year's, or in the new year.

No one has to force ME to be merry! :)
 
Happy Boxing Day!

It was a very fine Christmas spent quietly at home.

For Boxing Day, we're sorting through a bunch of old clothes. So far, there are about eight garbage bags full of things to donate to charity (and/or fabric recycling.)

Later on, there'll be dancing!
 
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