I am the family Grinch... I hate the holiday, the cooking, cleaning, and dealing with family. My children live 500 miles away, don't see them as they have their own families and in-laws, with their own rituals....DGD's, both grown, do not have the word "Thank you" in their vocabularies so they no longer receive Christmas or birthday gifts. Sorry, if you cannot say thank you, you don't need anything from me. I sent a huge box of family-passed-down Dr Seuss books, which I cherish and want kept in the family.... I had to call to make sure they received them....
DH's family comes to our house on Xmas Eve for food and gift exchange. Guess who gets to do the bulk of the cooking? Me...Cleaning? Me. Usually also decorating the house. At least this year the DH put up the tree.
DH"s son and DIL chose to participate only in the gift-receiving, not the gift-giving. They brag in their annual Xmas letter about paying off 20K in personal debt in a year, yet gave no gifts to anyone....They want to use their money to pay off the few thousand dollars of debt they have left rather than give anyone anything..and we are talking only 5 people to buy for...They had NO PROBLEM opening many gifts from family and had no embarrassment over not giving anything...GRRRRRRRRRR. Ya know, even cookies, or a potholder,,anything.....just to be acknowledged.....maybe that is just me....Maybe I am just a b&%ch...If they were financially strapped, I could understand......
Sorry.....I just HAD to get that off my chest....I hate Christmas....Glad it is over.....Bah Humbug
