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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So when I opened this I thought I would be reading about a single person alone for the holidays. You are far from alone.[/quote]

Same here. It made me think about my very introverted divorced brother who moved for work to a remote town in the Midwest. He spends most holidays alone.

OP has her family around her. Sorry to hear it makes her "sad".[/quote]

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… read between the lines and stop being so judgmental … it’s obviously About not having extended family around … those feelings are valid. Many people with dysfunctional broader families have to mourn not being able to experience societal expectations of down home holiday bliss with extended family. Obviously, that can never be for many people. It is OK  to To Feel sad about that.

Then it is good to move on and reach out to others with even more isolation and create new fun traditions with nuclear family … eventually OP can be the grandparent she wishes her parents and in laws would have been. 
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