Last year, in an attempt to escape the running around and family drama, we opted to spend Thanksgiving in the comfort of our very own home.
It was weird and kinda sad.
I grew up celebrating with cousins and grandmas and aunts and uncles, so downsizing was hard.
Until we collapsed on our couch Christmas morning, and watched our kids playing under the tree, surrounded by paper and empty boxes and realized, and realized this is exactly how the holidays should be.
We fell in love with this house, envisioning the holidays we’d spend here, not the holidays it’d spend empty and dark as we ran from obligation to obligation.
So in following our new tradition, we slacked.
If people want to see us, awesome, they know where we live.
I spent Thanksgiving in yoga pants and a sports bra. I have a messy kitchen that still smells like amazing from-scratch food that I made from my grandmother’s cookbook. And I didn’t even have to shower, because we didn’t have shit to do but sit around and enjoy ourselves.
We watched the parade over pancakes and then napped for three glorious hours, which I was especially thankful for considering Poppy, like all things I birth or accumulate shortly after birth, is starting out life with her days and nights confused.
Which is why God makes puppies look like puppies, and not like, say, turkeys.
Because I would put up with a turkey waking me up at 3am and pulling my used pads out of the bathroom trash in front of my brother-in-law for exactly four seconds before I ate him. Assuming he didn’t eat my pads…because that seems, like….cannibalistic?
Agree. So tired of holiday drama. Happy holidays!
We did our own Thansgiving too! I was glorious! Then I was informed that it would not fly for Christmas because “the cousins want to see each other!” *sigh* We ate what we wanted, when we wanted to and laid around! Then we decided we wanted to go see the Muppet Movie! So we did! When we got home, we had pie and our 7 yr old said it was the best Thanksgiving ever and could we do it again for Christmas!? Ummm…yes, Honey, I think we can!:)
Don’t you just LOVE when extended family members who don’t have dick to say to you all year long suddenly find it their God-given right to inform you HOW you’ll spend your holiday? Hope you have a great immediate family Christmas in your own home just like you want! Your 7 yr old ROCKS.
My bro and I ate food no one had to cook, watched tw, went for a six mile walk through a completely empty Chicago, and just generally enjoyed doing NOTHING.
Goddamn it was fabulous.
It looks like Poppy has grown 6 inches, give or take a foot, since you got her! You watch out for her — she is going to eat the crotch out of every pair of panties in your house!
She will probably also eat shoes. My new puppy eats underwear and shoes. She is pretty much the devil’s spawn right now wrapped up in the cutest wittle face you have ever seen.
Last year I decided that Thanksgiving would be at our house and anyone that wants to see us can come here. That is the way it will be from now on.
I decided Holidays are MY time, and if people are so concerned with seeing my face and trying to get MY gossip/drama then they can do it in MY home. It’s kinda funny, Noone has rang my door bell in 13 years. I call these the most peacefull 13 hoilday years EVER! Happy thanksgiving, and thank you for giving me many laughs this year.
Lazy is the only way to do the holidays! I’ve never done Christmas or Thanksgiving with extended family because they’re in Vermont and we’re in Colorado, but I think I’d only agree to it if I could go braless and in sweats.
I mean, seriously, I’m related to these people, they have to accept me no matter what. Why should I go through the effort of making my mosquito bites look like something?
This was our first Thanksgiving without the fam. It was glorious.
Atta girl! We had what we call mini thanksgiving. 4 adults, 2 gravy boats, and a lot of seasonal beer. My sister is a phenomenal cook so all the food was glorious.
Good for you! That’s my husband’s favorite saying…”They know where we live” – holiday or not. Happy Thanksgiving!
We had Thanksgiving with just US: me, my husband and 5 kids! And we had roasted CHICKENS stuffed with red onions and orange/tangerine juice and it was AWESOME. And nobody came to share with us, which isn’t surprising because frankly, the whole pilgrim/Indian black and white costume thing with belt buckles on hats and shoes would be totally lost on Egyptians. Oh, and airfare is a bitch right now.
We loved it and we celebrate everything on our own anyway. We don’t like most of his family and we’re a different religion than mine. Win-win. hahahahahaha
If a turkey ever wakes you up at 3 am, don’t cook it… just run over it with your very large vehicle. It’s the only karmic retribution that fucker deserves.
We have cancelled the family christmas for the very same reasons. I can’t wait to NOT travel 12 hours to put up with family drama. We will be at home, just our own little family creating our own christmas traditions & relaxing without any stress.
Poppy looks gorgeous! (using mind bleach on the image of eating used pads though)
xx
I swore I responded to this! We decided after P was born that we would be taking back our Christmas Day, as well as our Thanksgiving Day. For Thanksgiving, we host. Our groups have varied from 8-28 depending on the year. It doesn’t matter because we are HOME. My dad finally relented on the traditional (my whole freaking life) noon get together when we told him we wanted the WHOLE Christmas Day to ourselves. It was our turn. So we don’t see anyone that day. It’s the very best parenting decision ever!!