My family's consumerism killed Christmas when i was little kid. I always felt like i was outside looking in.

I find Christmas a hyped up time when people are stressed and miserable and spend ridiculous amounts of money, get in debt and for what. I think I might join my son next year in the North of Thailand. no commercialism, happy family meals. natural surroundings and no TV bliss..

Since my divorce, the holidays are significantly less hectic, which is nice.

Informing extended family of my divorce was less nice.

All in all, like catching up wuth my cousins, but like ALL of them have kids except me, so I just feel like I'm trying to have a cinversation in tge middle of a daycare :-/