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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up as an only child. My family always went to the movies on Christmas afternoon and now that I have young kids, I miss that tradition. My kids want to be home playing with their new toys.

Now we’re usually just 6 - my family of 4 + my parents. After dinner we take a casual stroll around the neighborhood to look at decorations. We also usually have a jigsaw puzzle on the coffee table. When I was a teen, one thing I appreciated was that my parents would play “my” music while we hung out and worked on the puzzle - back in the day when you got new CDs for Christmas. And they didn’t comment about inappropriate lyrics or tell me it was “bad”.

There are several families in our neighborhood who have just their nuclear family + 1-2 relatives for Thanksgiving. We invite a big group over for evening dessert potluck and it helps to mix up the families after a long day of “visiting”. Thankfully on Christmas my kids can run outside and play with friends because about 50% of our neighbors are Jewish. [/quote]

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