This is indeed hard. So many Christmas to look back on. One Christmas we spent in the ER with my son. He had broken out in a rash after having an ear infection. I took him back to the Doctor's on Christmas Eve morning to avoid ruining Christmas Day. He told me to stop the amoxicillin. (Which I had before seeing the doctor.) He said he would be fine. Well Christmas Day he got progressively worse. His rash became huge hives, his joints, lips and tounge swelled. He couldn't even walk. We spent a few hours in the ER that night. It turned out he had serum sickness. He was given Benadryl and Ibruprophen. It took over a month for it to clear his system. Needless to say he can never have amoxicillin or penicillin again. I was just so happy to get him home that night. That was the best present.