My family is pretty sparse. Our get-togethers are small and, though I love Christmas I don't really feel that it's Christmas we're celebrating when we get together. It's more like we get together and have a meal sometime during the week of Christmas and we exchange gifts that, for the most part, we've had a hard time choosing for one another.
It feels false and very unlike the celebration of a most holy day to me. Always. I find myself engaging in a private celebration within, contemplating the birth of our lord and wondering if anyone else in the family is doing the same. I rather think that my husband does, but I don't know it for certain. You'd think I would know something like that, wouldn't you?