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Baby Boomers

NRaleighLiberal

(60,556 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2011, 11:02 PM Dec 2011

What Christmas feels like these days for Boomers.... [View all]

Just curious as to how you are all doing this holiday season. We've got grown children (26 and 30) - not married, so no grandchildren yet. Family members struggling (both my wife and I lost our dads and our moms are not doing well). Both my wife and I came from families that did Christmas up big (though we were both lower middle class).

Just battling mood shifts this Christmas - first time in 25 years I am not working, the whole commercialism aspect is driving us nuts...

How is everyone else doing?

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What Christmas feels like these days for Boomers.... [View all] NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 OP

My husband and I are disabled Irishonly Dec 2011 #1

Peace and Merry Christmas to you, Irishonly - thanks for sharing... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #2

Stopped Commercial Christmas Habits 18 Years Ago - With No TV To Distract And A Few Good Books cantbeserious Dec 2011 #3

+1. bemildred Dec 2011 #4

Yes Bemildred - What Made The Most Difference Was Foregoing TV cantbeserious Dec 2011 #5

Yep, TV is low grade stuff, even the best of it, the rest is like you are paying to be brainwashed. bemildred Dec 2011 #6

Two grown sons also, SheilaT Dec 2011 #7

Our families have adjusted to a more practical Holiday time OKNancy Dec 2011 #8

I'm lucky to be here. Some people would say blessed. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2011 #9

No kids of our own but my brothers bring theirs over. Howler Dec 2011 #10

Things aren't the same... kjackson227 Jan 2012 #11