What are some traditions that your family does at Christmas time?

One thing my family (my parents, grandparents, inlaws, and even close friends) does every single year is get together and make homemade chicken noodle soup, chili, and oyster soup on Christmas Eve. I love this, and look forward to it every year!!

I’m interested in hearing some traditions that your family has!
Happy Holidays!!

I pretty much have been staying home every weekend and most days of school holidays stuck at home looking after my autistic brother since grade 3 due to my parents long hours and changing days off.

Anyway I just realised that I havn’t brought anything for myself in…ages. My only source of income is when my grandparents, who feel sorry for me being cooped up indoors, give me something, usually for good reports (which I try not to accept, but my grandmother said it makes my grandfather happy so…eh) and Birthday/Xmas money from family (usually goes to bank for…idk happy future?).

Anyway, is there anyway I can make money despite basically being stuck indoors (or limited where to go/what to do, I sometimes take my brother out to shops). I can’t really get a part time job (nobody would hire a teen whose working days would change every single week, due to my parents days off changing). Please help, I know I might sound a little materialistic…but who doesn’t want to earn something?

My mom is really getting frustrated with Christmas this year like you could not believe. She doesn’t know what to get anyone anything. And my dad is not helping at all with ideas. I’m trying to make it easy on her by giving her good ideas that she can build on.

So yeah, we’re both stuck…

She needs to buy for 5 nephews and neices, her parents, and my dad’s 3 aunts. She feels like she’s given everything and doesn’t want to repeat gifts. She wants to go a little cheaper on them this year.

We need your help on Holiday Gift Ideas!

For my cousins, I head to get a little basket and fill it with stuff like 2 blankets (for the couples), popcorn, hot chocolate mix, and other holiday stuff we can’t think of. With a bow on it. But when she told her sister (my aunt), she thought it wasn’t a good idea for her daughter (who is 22). I think that it’s a good idea because they are all older than 22.
>>> Is this a good idea? What else could we add? Any ideas for my cousins (her nephews and nieces) When I mean 5 cousins, it means 2 couples and 1 single.

For my grandparents (her parents), she was going to get two outside rocking chairs for their porch but my dad didn’t have enough money on his credit card at that time and now he finally has enough but now we wouldn’t get the chairs by christmas. So that idea is shot.
>>> What are good ideas for grandparents/parents? Not like candy or candles. A real gift.

Lastly, she has no idea what to get for my dad’s 3 aunts that she buys for each year.
>>> What are some ideas for them? They are old in their 70’s, 80’s, and I think one is in her 90’s already. My mom doesn’t want to get candles or candy this year again. She ran out of ideas for them.

Thanks so Much for your help! (in advance) This will really help make the holidays so much easier!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

BE HONEST PLEASE… its for coursework

age range:

Ethnicity: afro caribbean or asian (please delete)

family type: nuclear, extended, lone parent or reconstituted (delete as appropiate)

do you believe your husband/partner having control over you is right?

what are your ambitions?

what do you thnik your position in the house is?

what do you live for? (family, ambition, other-please state)

how satisfied would you feel if you had a job? out of ten. ten is very satisfied.

how do you think your culture treats/views single mums (lone parents)?

Do you think lone parents are more independant?

how satisfied are you in your relationship with your husband?

would you get support from your family if you were a lone parent? does this make you feel confident in being/becoming a lone parent?

THANK YOU SO SOOOO MUCH FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE!!!!
nuclear means – mum and dad and children in the same house

extended means- mum das, childreen and grandparents or aunts/uncles in the same house

reconstituted means – parent remarried after a divorce. living with step parent and biological parent.

lone parent means- mum or dad bringing up child alone. just one parent in the family

I just became a single mother of two toddlers under the age of 3…I am not sure where I am supposed to begin …I am still in shock! There father decided that we should split…He said he would pay all the bills still…since I am trying to go to school so my children have a better future…I told him I would stay in here until march when Our lease was up…Then I am going to move to another state…If I stay in this same state that I am in I will have to struggle and wont be able to go to school…I would have to get a job..Which I haven’t had a job in for a long while and I don’t what to put my kids in daycare when I would even be making good money…I what to wait to work tell I am done with school…I also don’t what to live alone…My friend that I have known forever..she is also my kids godmother…is more then happy to have use stay with her…She said that I would have to work and she didn’t need me to pay any bills…she would watch the kids in the morning/ evening so I can go to school so I can get on my feet!!! I am very happy for her! I don’t really have any support here like that! But I plan on coming back every holiday…Birthday so the kids and there father can be together and the rest of our family and the fathers family can see them…I wish I could have some more support from the grandparents so I didn’t have to be so far away but it is what is best I think so I can still be there for my kids and Go to school so I can give them what they need in the future like I want to! I am in my 20s so I am a young parent and I just what to no if anyone has a positive advice??? Please don’t comment about me being young…I am a good mother always have been and always will I am just a single one now and need to here some advice…stories of what you went though??? He never made me work so I could raise the baby’s…Has anyone gone there that on here??? can I hear your story???
I asked for advice not for criticism! I am not asking if you think I am a good mother. You don’t know me! I am just asking for advice and if anyone has gone though the same thing? As far as my typing who cares..If you dont have anything positive to say or you dont like my typing then please dont comment then!
I would never say bad things about there father ever! We are getting along! I dont know what I am going to do yet…Staying is still an opion so I am not sure what I sould do…No matter what though he will always be in there lives!