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[quote=Anonymous]DH's mom left his family around the holidays so he really didn't like Christmas at all when we started dating.  I love it.  I've chipped away at him (mostly with alcohol-themed Advent calendars) and now that we have a kid he tries to buy into the magic more.  We buy the tree and decorate it and the gingerbread house together.  He buys for his family; I buy for mine.  I buy 90% of kid's presents, and if assembly is required we either do it together or he does it alone.  I do all the cooking for Christmas dinner; he handles cleanup.  (But in our house, he does all the cooking for Thanksgiving and I clean up, so this is more than fair.)  When we have done holiday cards I handle, but that's because I like the idea of them and he doesn't really care.  Even still, I don't like the idea enough to actually do it every year.

On balance I do a little more at Christmas time, but I care more, I genuinely like Christmas time, and he's appreciative and thanked me this year when he saw how excited DD got about her presents.  I have no complaints except that I don't know how to hire someone in DC to put up lights on the house, and I don't want to ask DH to do it because we have a very tall house and it's a big ask for someone who doesn't care if we have lights up.[/quote]

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