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[quote=Anonymous]Do your own Christmas your way. If they are hosting, then do your Christmas separately.

I would also suggest you try and set aside your possibly pre-conceived notions. Maybe they are all dull and boring and sit around in gloomy silence on Christmas snacking on carrots. However I grew up in a very fundamentalist Christian home that also had no tree, no Santa and one gift each. Our focus was on the birth of Jesus, compassion for others, acts of service, and lots of church. And yet you know what...I have fantastic memories of Christmas. It was still exciting and fun and filled with family, laughter, good food, games, etc... We loved Christmas.

Now we do most of the Christmas stuff..gifts, trees, etc... and honestly, sometimes I think the way we did it as kids was better. The focus then was on family, time together and what does acting like a Christian really mean (love, joy, peace, kindness) etc... Now we still have fun and its exciting but the focus is on gifts and what people got and rushing around and kids off playing with toys while adults do their thing.

It is kind of like people feeling you can't have fun unless you are drunk. So for drinkers, sober people are boring. But sober people actually have fun too. [/quote]

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