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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am really looking forward to when my kids are independent and traveling or staying home with their own families for Christmas. I am so tired of being the Thanksgiving hostess and the damn Christmas elf. For 20 years, I have hung every ornament and Christmas light, wrapped every present often including my own, bought and cooked every Christmas treat, and I am really OK to be done at some point. I probably have another 5 or more likely 10 years left on my elf sentence.

When I finally get sprung, I’m looking forward to going to Europe to enjoy the Christmas markets and then having a quiet Christmas at home with DH and our dogs. [/quote]

I’m not tired of Christmas (because I have good boundaries and a family that gets it) but I am also really excited for the stage of my life where my Christmas revolves around what I want— maybe trips with my spouse, visiting the friends and family we want to be with, just a lower pressure holiday. I think it’s a sign of good parenting when your adult kids don’t NEED you, and good boundaries when you don’t NEED desperately to be with your adult kids.[/quote]

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