After reading all of your messages above I know that I'm blest... altho my DH and I have spent our Christmases alone for the last 15 years.. We still have each other, and that's the best gift in the world.. We don't exchange gifts, never have much.. We have 2 sons in their 40's and 1 granddaughter. Our oldest son is struggling with deadly diabetes and parkinson's now, and we don't know if he'll still be alive this Christmas. We use to have big family get togethers at all the holidays.. but now we are the oldest ones still living. Such is the way of life...