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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I felt like a servant to the Holidays. Running around like crazy to make everything perfect. Cooking, cleaning, decorating, gifting. It was all too much, and I was not really making others happy either. They would just sit back and say, "Why are you so unhappy? Mom's mad again" Then I decided, they are not 3 years old anymore and began to assign them some responsibility.

They do not decorate like Martha Stewart, but it is theirs. They are not perfect cooks, but it gets done, and we all enjoy it more. The key is to limit the tasks, let them do it their way, and after they are done, they can just relax. Or we can do a Holiday event. My teenagers are tired. All that school work, activities, sports.
They do many service projects during the year. It is a break for everyone. Hanging out is fine for 10 days or so.
We try not to travel too much during the winter Holidays -- the mark up is just huge.[/quote]

Never mind all that.  We go to a nice resort now. Works perfectly for everyone ?[/quote]

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