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I celebrated holidays with just my parents. 3 of us total.

You are not being a good role model for your kids, OP. Teach them that small gatherings have just as much meaning as big ones. For all you know, they might get married late, have kids even later, and as a result, their holidays might get really small...

You can bring games and books, or make it into a screen-fest and install a video gaming console, and you have to get your husband on board to not let the adults conduct long interrogations of your kids. That's a big no-no.

Make it fun.

As for forcing 80 year olds to travel on Thanksgiving... WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?!? Idiot. My father's 72 and he refuses to travel on major holidays.[/quote]

The part above about kids understanding that small holidays can be good rang true for me.  I’m the youngest in my entire extended family, as is my husband, my parents were older when I was born and I had my kids when I was older. This means, to be frank, that pretty much everyone was dead or close to it by the time my kids were born.  Our holidays are much smaller than mine were growing up. We don’t point it out or dwell on it, we just enjoy the time we have with our smaller group. [/quote]

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