For us, Thanksgiving was surprisingly good. There was zero pressure to do anything other than cook good food, eat it, and watch movies with my kids. It was cozy and comfy. I miss the rest of my family very badly, but we can do Christmas this way too.
I'll miss caroling, live Christmas shows, the downtown holiday flurry, chatting with my family as we cook, and sitting around fire together. I won't miss: driving w/2 young kids, hotels, packing, massive cooking, getting out of our Christmas PJs so we can drive across two states.
It hardly seems like a sacrifice--just this one time--to stay inside to eat + binge watch holiday TV, in our PJs, when the alternative is a lifetime of nightmares for people who don't deserve it.
I know not everyone's situation is not what ours is, but we all have the capacity to be creative and find ways to make the holidays both pleasant AND safe.
(sorry, extra "not" in there. Not everyone's situation is what our is, I meant.)
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