Posted by emmanuel98 on December 25, 2011, at 22:02:25
In reply to Re: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays,, posted by gadchik on December 25, 2011, at 14:02:47
Christmas has always been hard on me. For the last several years, my daughter and husband and I went to NYC and saw a Broadway show on Christmas night. But this year my daughter was away, so I invited some friends over and made dinner. We had a lovely time. They came at 5 and didn't leave until 9:30. I feel really great about this. On Christmas Eve, I had dinner with other friends and had a nice time. So maybe I can reinvent Christmas. This is the first year in many years where I haven't felt somewhat depressed and anxious. My daughter, last year, told me that she always felt that I felt Christmas was deficient in some way. I grew up in a big family and Christmas was a big deal, lots of visits to extended family, etc. It was probably the only good part of my childhood and I longed to recreate it, but couldn't. So this weekend was good. Fun. Happy.
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