Christmas has gotten so low-key since my husband's parents passed away. We have always had a really tiny family anyway, and now all that's left is my husband (an only child), our daughter, (an only child), and my mom. My one sister is in England and won't be coming to visit this year , and my dad lives in California. My husband's dad was an only child, and his mom had one sister, who we see occasionally along with her grown kids. I always have to work on Christmas Eve until at least 7 - 7:30 PM, and then when I come home we eat a simple supper. We open our gifts to each other on Christmas Eve, and then on Christmas Day my mom comes over and she opens her gifts. (She's on Social Security, so we don't want her to get any gifts for us.) I try to make a nice dinner on Christmas Day, when I actually have a day off. When YLL was little and still believed in Santa, we would spend Christmas Eve at my in-laws, and then "do the Santa thing" at home on Christmas morning. Now Christmas is just very quiet, and kind of boring..........