I havent been excited about the holidays since my parents passed away in '94 and '97., and I don't have any other relatives that I know well near me. Dh doesnt have any near us either. So family things arent like the holiday commercials, its basically dh, me and our 2 sons. Sometimes we invite a person or two over for Thanksgiving, and last year we were caring for a homeless teen over the holidays.
Its just another day for us. We are church-going Cristians and I know its supposed to mean so much more, but the media makes you think happy-happy-joy-joy all the time and it just doesnt do it for me.