What should I do for Christmas?
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I have been in a situation similar to yours, and I've found that the best remedy for this is to go on an adventure.  Being busy in a new city will help keep the depression away.  My vote is for Vegas, unless you are close with your cousin and you are sure you'll have a good time.\n\nI'm sorry about your daughter.  She obviously wants her parents to get back together and doesn't understand that that can't happen, so I think you should let her stay with her dad, and tell her she has your blessing to do so.  I'm not voting for staying home with your parents because it sounds like you're certain you'll feel uncomfortable.\n\nSo get away, and make the best of it.  Trust me, Christmas will be better next year, and even better the next.  Take care of yourself.
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Start as early as possible so you can watch for sales.  \nI love Amazon because prices are pretty reasonable and you don't have to shop all over for it.  \nMake a list.\nWatch for coupons (Bath and Body Works "free item with purchase")-I use these all the time and get free stuff (of my choice) and they are still part of my gift list.\n\nGood luck!  Happy Christmas shopping :)
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Buy things throughout the year as they get more expensive at Christmas time. I buy things on sale, even buy new packaged stuff at yard sales and thrift shops. Also right after Christmas things are marked down really cheap in the stores. Some families celebrate the holidy after Christmas when things are on sale.
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we make christmas tree ornaments with Patrick on them every year. \n\nmom makes popcorn balls for Halloween every year.\n\nwe get tickets to a chiefs game as christmas presents for Dad and Den every year.\n\nwe drive Tristan back to his Mom every Christmas Eve.\n\nwe make a Happy Holiday card to email out every year:\nwww.osagecollies.com/christmascard/\n\nI get you a new volume of Loonie Toons the Golden Collection every Christmas\n\nwe blow stuff up for my birthday/4th of July\n\nwe watch the snow every year on your birthday ;)
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A lump of coal.\n\nMaybe think...What can I give for Christmas?
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is it Christmas already?
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Put in attic or display and be thankfull for the jester.\n\nWhen there nobody cares maybe than you will fill good to see someone bring you a gift.
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Have the students all make Christmas Angels at home & bring a couple of days before. Arrange everywhere!\nThen ask home ec class ( if you have one) to do cup cakes. Serve with spice tea or hot chocolate.
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lots of ideas\nhttp://mariesmanor.fateback.com/Christmas_Candyland.html
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Find out what she likes that would involve personal time.  Stuff is just stuff, but memories are much more valuable.  Does she like concerts, plays, or other special events?  If so, get tickets, and make a day of it.  You can "story-board" this upcoming day in a creative way (like on a poster board that depicts the various events or has paraphernalia pasted to it), and then wrap it up.  You have to wrap it . . . it's much more fun to unwrap something at Christmas, even if it's a promise for February.  At any rate, be personal, invest yourself, and she'll love it.
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there are tons of craft bazaars going on this time of year.  maybe bake some treats and sell them.  trust me, at 1.5 years old they still don't get christmas.  even if he only has 3-4 small things to open he'll be thrilled!!!  good luck!
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the ? is why by christmas
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Make a gingerbread house and decorate it.\nMake cookies and have your children deliver the cookies to the neighbors. \nMake paper snowflakes\nMake fruit loop and popcorn garlands\nMake an orange clove air freshener (stick whole cloves into an orange...they smell awesome)\nDrive around and look at Christmas lights\nVisit Santa in the mall\nAttend free Christmas actives at Churches or community centers\nMake Christmas cards for your friends and family\nSnuggle on the couch with mugs of hot chocolate and tell your kids how much you love them and what they were like as baby's\nWatch all the classic Christmas movies with special snacks \n\nMy Christmas memories are more about what we did than what I received. The traditions of Christmas are really important to kids.
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First, send her a really nice Christmas card.  You can give her a scarf and matching gloves or mittens.  You could give her a box of chocolates.  You can give her a music CD, a figurine, or a trinket box.  You can have someone take a picture of you both and you could have the picture framed or you can even give her a mug with the picture on it.  Most photo shops sell them.  You can even have them put a personal message on the mug.
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If you have a great mixture of very young and very old, holiday bingo is good and easy. Just make the bingo cards with pictures of things instead of numbbers: a stocking, a doll, a candy cane, Santa, an ornament, a mistletoe, and so on. Then have those things in little slips of paper that you'll pull from to call out, "Under the B, a present! Or you could change the BINGO to SANTA, if you want. Putting together Christmas or wintery puzzles is a good activity if you can set up a few card tables. That way people can congregate for a little while or for the whole puzzle and different people get to visit as they move around to different puzzles. If you have some old family Christmas videos of when some of the older ones were very young, this is always a lot of fun for everyone to watch, too. You can just have them playing in the background rather than commanding everyone to sit and watch for a period of time.
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Check with family, letting them know you are available to do some work they might need done... that your trying to earn some Christmas money.\n\nMaybe cleaning house, laundry, ironing, washing windows, clean out the cars, help get Christmas decorations out of the attic, what ever they need.
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