newly separated - Christmas dinner for 2 kids and me?
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Anonymous
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I want to make it special, kids are 8 and 6. I'm thinking a small tenderloin w/ mushrooms, roasted brussels sprouts (kids love) and rice or something.
However, part of me is tempted to have a bunch of hors d'oeuvres to eat on the floor while playing with new toys/putting together legos. Suggestions? |
Anonymous
| Do what your kids like to do. Their response will make it special! |
Anonymous
| My husband did "Christmas Picnic" as a child and it was, as you say, apps on the floor. Stuff like crudite, fruit, cheese, chips and crackers, dips, pigs in a blanket, quiches, chicken bites or wings, little hot dogs, mini meatballs, and tons and tons of little sweets and cookies and hot chocolate to top it all off. Sounds fun. |
Anonymous
| agree with above poster. also, you could make a new tradition for the 3 of you - like a great brunch and hot cocoa after the kids open gifts! |
Anonymous
Definitely. BTW, a picnic sounds fun as long as you don't have a dog. 
Cheers to new traditions. |
Anonymous
| What you had planned sounds great. Try to make it special whatever you do and it sounds like it will be. I hope you all have a wonderful time. |
Anonymous
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Do what the kids want. Maybe they even want to prepare the food for or with you. Maybe even sit on the floor.
One of my stocking/ornament is a cocoa mix, so we will open that and have hot cocoa. |
Anonymous
| How about fondue? Fun and festive! |
Anonymous
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Keep it simple -- I can't imagine kids that young thinking tenderloin was something they'd want to eat.
Good luck and I hope you have a wonderful holiday and sorry to hear it's your 1st holiday where you're newly separated...hope that doesn't loom large over the holiday. |
Anonymous
| I think doing something sort of out of the box, like a picnic or something, sounds great. Sometimes when you're trying to cope with a big transition, it helps to create a new tradition that is completely unlike what you used to do, or at least it helps me. The novelty makes it fun and gives you something else to focus on. I like the idea of getting the kids to help with prep/cooking, if they and you enjoy that, and with hors d'oeuvres, it would be easy to involve everyone. I also think the fondue is a swell idea. Take care and just do whatever sounds fun to you. |
Anonymous
| OP - There is a Single Parents of Alexandria Meet-up Group that plans meetups around the holidays - sometimes just for parents and sometimes for parents w/ their kids. You may want to check it out if you're feeling alone being single this year. |