tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628506312179219744.post5205950232625981437..comments2023-07-05T08:14:46.184-04:00Comments on On How to be Lovely: Guest Post, Julie: Home for the HolidaysBeing Lovelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03433302850370370657noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-628506312179219744.post-2063809233965884852011-01-11T17:09:25.548-05:002011-01-11T17:09:25.548-05:00This is a great post, Julie. I think most of us go...This is a great post, Julie. I think most of us go through something like that once we get married and start having to split holidays with in-laws. Through a series of coincidences, even though Mike and I have been together for four years now, I've only spent one Christmas away from my family, and it was hard. <br /><br />One thing that made it easier for me was finding a way to incorporate a few of my favorite traditions to Mike's. I really only have one that I just couldn't bear to skip, and that's the Christmas stories that my family always listens to on Christmas Eve. My dad grew up listening to these stories (<i>The Littlest Angel</i>, narrated by Loretta Young, and <i>Lullaby of Christmas</i>, narrated by Gregory Peck), and we've listened to them every year that I've been alive. So when we were in Utah, I found recordings of these stories, and Mike and I went and sat next to the Christmas tree and listened to them after everyone else had gone to bed. It wasn't the same, since my siblings and I used to always grab blankets and pillows and lie around on the floor together--but it was still wonderful and helped me feel better. (I also thought about inviting his family to listen with us, but it was pretty late by the time we got the recordings.) So if there's a way you can combine some of your traditions even when you're not with your family, that can really help make it easier.mkgshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032027328606342071noreply@blogger.com