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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't worry about it. Do what works for you. Maybe your kids will grow up to love doing these things. Or maybe they'll grow up to throw a big Thanksgiving or Christmas celebration because they decide that's what they want. Whatever. [/quote]

+1  My family goes all out for Christmas but only in our very specific ways.  The “normal” US Christmas traditions that I learned about as an adult?  I’m still not interested to be honest.  I don’t see the point.  OP’s kids will pick and choose what traditions they want to embrace as they grow up — maybe they’ll find some they like or maybe they’ll just spend thanksgiving week texting each other from work going “omg everyone is complaining about having to do all these thanksgiving things AGAIN.  Aren’t you glad mom and dad are low key and our Thanksgivings are nice and restful?!”[/quote]

My mother had a tree and a decorator come to decorate it and our house and then buy me a fancy, stiff and uncomfortable dress and parade me around church to her friends at Christmas. Then she'd leave me home with the housekeeper while she flew off somewhere. I now don't do a tree and my kids don't have to dress up, but we get them matching pjs and all spend the holidays together. I give them what I missed when I was little. I'm sure when they're adults they'll do things differently and do whatever they wish we had.[/quote]

Lorelai and Emily Gilmore?[/quote]

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