Year help: What do you want (or to do) for Christmas this year that you will remember 10 years from now? - Help.com

It sounds daft but my best Christmas was last year. I worked a half shift, got home, threw a pizza in the oven, watched a few films then went to bed. No family arguments, no elaborate cooking, no stress, no expence and half a day off. The perfect Christmas. I’m planning the same again this year.

I wiil give of my time as in the past, to be a mentor to a girl who as none, through the *BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION*.. This helps both the child and myself :)

i want to hold my dog in my arms, but that wont happen as he’s twice as heavy as me

i ♥ love julio ! wrote:
my perfect thing would be julio in my arms :)

That’d be nice

What advice would you give a single mom of teenage kids, is tired of materialism, wants to not only create good Christmas memories, but instill values for serving or giving to others in meaningful ways?

get them an xBox or a PS3 thats always good 4 teens

My mom always brought my brother and I to the store and let us pick out one christmas ornament per year. Our tree was awesome.

I got creative and got an alien facehugger toy, and she let me put it on the angel at the top of the tree. Even though it probably looked hideous, I always loved that my mom did that for me.

Aside from gift-giving/gift-getting, how could a mom create memories around serving others during the Christmas season? (helping elderly, homeless, working to buy gifts, kids helping kids, visiting children’s hospital, community play, etc.) … any real good ideas come to mind?

I never liked holidays much, Christmas is not an exception.

But the best Christmas I had, was a few years ago when my parent’s brought some guys from South Africa. They were working in a factory in our area, lived in a trailer by themselves, and no one cared about them. They had nothing much to cook for christmas too.

My parents asked them if they would like to spend the day with us, and have dinner with us. They all cried when my parents said they were free to phone home to their families, as long as they’d like. Anyway, it was a cool day, having someone different instead of the whole family (who doesn’t get along well), and we all got to exchange stuff, like they teaching us some card games we never had known about, etc.

I love being with my bf Ronald and my family. That’s what Xmas is all about- togetherness.