Lachesis00
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I am not a fan of holidays. I never have been. I have no idea why. But I would never ever be mean and rude about it to someone. Or tell them they can not put up decorations or buy gifts! I will celebrate, I just do not care for all of the hoop-de-la associated.
My 15 year old son is not fond of the holidays either. He is bipolar, has anxiety issues (which are rearing their ugly head this week) and holidays seem to make them 100x worse. My husband on the other hand LOVES the holidays.
My mom and husband decorated the house and for the first time in our 14 year marriage we have a tree. In the past we didn't because everyone around us did and we always celebrated the holidays at my mom's, his mom's, my sisters. OR we did not have room for a tree (we really still don't have room, but we have the tree-- my sister is being a major Scrooge and her 3 boys are probably going to end up celebrating it over here).
I just roll along with the rest of them and do end up having a good time.
My 15 year old son is not fond of the holidays either. He is bipolar, has anxiety issues (which are rearing their ugly head this week) and holidays seem to make them 100x worse. My husband on the other hand LOVES the holidays.
My mom and husband decorated the house and for the first time in our 14 year marriage we have a tree. In the past we didn't because everyone around us did and we always celebrated the holidays at my mom's, his mom's, my sisters. OR we did not have room for a tree (we really still don't have room, but we have the tree-- my sister is being a major Scrooge and her 3 boys are probably going to end up celebrating it over here).
I just roll along with the rest of them and do end up having a good time.
tgmousechick said:My DH is not a huge fan of Christmas- it's just not his thing, and apparently his mother would run the guilt trip if a big deal wasn't made out of decorating the tree, etc. No good reason, it's just not his schtick.
However, he's sensitive enough to know that I love it, so he would never do anything to sabotage things. I try to be equally sensitive, so I don't insist that he take part in grand rituals (decorating the tree, cookies-a-rama weekend, the 18th playing of White Christmas, etc). However, DD really GETS it this year (she's 4), and she's out of her mind excited, and I think it's rubbing off on DH.
