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[quote=Anonymous]I think it's reasonable to say that once someone is married with children, they can start a new tradition. It sounds like these relatives were really generous to include a family they knew was struggling and wouldn't have been able to provide a nice holiday for their kids. But it's also reasonable to end that once the kids become adults, and have their own families, and the skills to make new traditions. I have nieces and nephews whose parent is incapable of making a nice holiday. I always include them, spend as much on them as I do on my kids, cook their favorite foods etc . . . And I love to do it, because I love them. But even though their parent is excused from contributing on their behalf, when they're adults assuming they don't inherit their parent's mental illness, then I expect they will step up, and contribute, just like I expect for my own children. [/quote]
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