This year We will pack up a complete meal and bring it 1 and 1/2 hours away to set up for my mom and dad. We want them to have a home cooked meal. My Mother can no longer leave the home and dad lives on meals on wheels. The home will set up a room for the four of us.
Christmas is always with my husbands family. For us the gift of the holidays is the time together.
Maybe this year in these hard times more people will see the blessing of friends and family and not all the stuff.
One other good note...We have noticed that in this hard time in our community even people who have little are giving all they can.
In my life out of every bad time something good was waiting on the other side. No money may bring us back to the real gift again.