I don't know what I'm going to do about Christmas this year. For a good decade or more, we've had a pact in the family not to exchange gifts for adults, just focus on children and spend the budget on food, booze, theatre tickets. All very nice. (Although I've often crumbled wrt husband, and bought things that we'll both enjoy, like books, and he always buys me a new Moleskin diary). Then my brother piped up that he and his wife would like to skip gifts for children this year. Fair enough. I've already managed my son's expectations right down, as he has had a fair bit one way and another already. We won't be having my aged parents to stay, or visiting, for obvious reasons. So precious little in the way of celebratory meals either.
So do I think: "Hooray, Tightwad Christmas! no gifts exchanged, no big family meals, just save the money for more liberated times ahead', or do I try and do something, and if so, what? I will decorate the house (no expenditure, already have everything) and we will have some extra nice meals and food in the house over 'the holiday'. Is anyone else doing a minimal Christmas, and if so, what are you doing to save it from feeling too bare-bones?