This is the " first" Christmas split for our little guy and we have come to realize that new family traditions will need to be founded and one of them is to have a "christmas season" Of which Christmas eve and day are only 2 days within the month long celebration. We started on December 1 with cookie baking, gift buying and wrapping ( hilarious results with a 2 year old) Christmas music has been playing and we cut down our tree and decorated the house early. We just had Christmas at our house this past weekend. Including a family church service, carols, stockings, presents and lots of snow ( very convenient lol) all the treats and visits with family and friends. Lots of pictures were taken and I will scrapbook this celebration as I have always done in the past. It seems to have taken the pressure and sadness out of being apart at Christmas and allows us to not focus on really what is 2 days out of a whole year. That is a lot of work for only 2 days, so why not make it a month long celebration? We will catch a couple of days at the end of the month to finish off the celebration with some New Year fun
I had read in another post that the parent not with the children during Christmas week should take the opportunity to try something new for that week. Good advice and advice we will be taking.
Sure there are still " issues" ongoing and being tussled back and forth, but thanks to this forum and all the " straight shooters" even though some are a little harsh we are learning to adapt and focus on the important things in our lives. - family, friends, traditions and memories made.
I saw a poster in a store
" As far as everyone else knows we are a perfectly normal family. We just rewrote what is 'normal'."
I am going to print that out and put it on the fridge.
Happy Holidays what ever that means for your family.
I had read in another post that the parent not with the children during Christmas week should take the opportunity to try something new for that week. Good advice and advice we will be taking.
Sure there are still " issues" ongoing and being tussled back and forth, but thanks to this forum and all the " straight shooters" even though some are a little harsh we are learning to adapt and focus on the important things in our lives. - family, friends, traditions and memories made.
I saw a poster in a store
" As far as everyone else knows we are a perfectly normal family. We just rewrote what is 'normal'."
I am going to print that out and put it on the fridge.
Happy Holidays what ever that means for your family.
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