I am the survivor of divorced parents....and have major issues around Christmas...being torn away from my grandparents when I was young scarred me forever....not to mention my maternal grandfather died on Christmas Eve day when I was 6...so many issues, so little time....
“.. have major issues around Christmas..”
I really wonder about many of the children today and how they will celebrate/see Christmas in the future. The little girl just “wanted it over”. No excitement in her eyes.. no real plans to “enjoy” her time off of school. She and her brother will be with their Mom till Christmas Eve and then with their Dad/new wife. Then they will spend time with paternal Grandparents for two days (while Dad/new Mom take a mini-vacation without them) only to go off to New Jersey for two days with the maternal grandparents. The best I can hope for them is that they grow up together despite all the splitting and are close siblings in the future.