I love the holidays and I love all of the memories from ones in the past. I have lost my husband, parents, sister and brother but I love remembering. I still have my children, niece and nephew and grandchildren though most are far away. I no longer have 25 for dinner but I invite friends. I am lucky in that I do not suffer from depression and I think it is because I stay busy. Our favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because we are thankful. I decorate for Christmas but give only to the kids. We adopt families and donate. We don't need anything and it got to hard to shop and ship. We still celebrate birthdays with presents..I usually get certificates from a fabric stores which I love!