tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974207785607353039.post1264504265640218575..comments2024-03-04T17:25:11.146+00:00Comments on Bookblog: Old English Wisdomsensibiliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08715737628925538412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974207785607353039.post-55869358531648045222021-08-31T13:56:38.875+01:002021-08-31T13:56:38.875+01:00You are so right. Your Christmas sounds like my i...You are so right. Your Christmas sounds like my ideal.<br />Christmas 2020 was the first we have spent alone together since 1984! I loved it. <br />Unfortunately elder daughter has a health condition which means she must not get overtired or stressed, so that isn't an option. It would be ok if it was just me and hub, as he would do the cooking, but there is this tradition that all the extended family MUST come as well. Hence lockdown Christmas so wonderful.<br />I have heard of people who deliberately downsize to much smaller premises purely to avoid "doing" Christmas. sensibiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715737628925538412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8974207785607353039.post-84966032697788059682021-08-31T11:18:32.456+01:002021-08-31T11:18:32.456+01:00Lockdown Christmas 2020 was great for me because i...Lockdown Christmas 2020 was great for me because it was just me and Mum (I was part of her 'bubble') at her house since everyone else in the family were confined to their own barracks for the interim. I delivered my granddaughters' presents by leaving them at their front doorstep and wishing them Merry Xmas from at least 2 metres away, as did their other grandparents. I cooked everything for Mum and I on Xmas Eve and reheated it all when I got there on Xmas Day. We had a lovely time and loaded up her dishwasher afterwards so no piles of dishes for us to do either. I'm no longer interested in the shopping,preparing,cooking,clearing and washing-up that is left to me whenever I host Christmas. I think you should put your foot down (the one that doesn't hurt) and do the same. Perhaps your elder daughter and her hubby could have you and your husband around this year?Between Me and Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863155145862706966noreply@blogger.com