My family always celebrated Christmas, even though we weren't very religious. Christmas eve at one grandparents' house, Christmas morning at home with my parents and siblings, and Christmas day at the other grandparents' house. But I have lived very far away from my whole family for many years now, and Christmas traditions seem weirder and weirder to me (though many times I or my partner have been able to bring my kids to spend Christmas with some part of my family).
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And so I find myself on this Christmas morning waking up in a hotel room, with my partner and kids, getting ready to drive across more mountains to visit a family we lived with while I was finishing up my PhD, my oldest kid was a baby, and we got priced out of Vancouver. Should be a good Christmas, if a bit weird.
So, merry Christmas to all of you who want to celebrate it in some way: I hope you find a small way to celebrate, no matter how weird your current situation is.
@sundogplanets I like weird holidays.
Traditional celebrations have their virtues, of course; but the oddball ones that are special to a family or small group, and that often remember some shared event, are delightful.
Merry Christmas to all of you.
@sundogplanets I think it's a great story and will leave with fond memories for a lifetime!
@sundogplanets merry christmas to you and yours and the goats
@sundogplanets this is the beginning of an especially odd Hallmark Christmas Movie.
@grajohnt After watching Shifting Baselines last night, I hope my Hallmark Christmas movie does not somehow included SpaceX...
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