Im struggling with the concept of Christmas this year. I lost my mum at the end of June very unexpectedly, and we had a little tradition where she would come to my house Christmas eve and help me with all the preparations for Christmas dinner whilst we had a natter and some mulled wine and cheese and biscuits. She sat and watched the kids open their Christmas eve boxes, and im so sad that we don’t have that this year. I dont know how to make a new tradition with my husband and children and quite frankly i am dreading this year. But i have to try as i dont want to let my kids down. Im not sure how to have our Christmas dinner knowing that there will be an empty chair. Normally my mum would be with us Christmas eve and Christmas day and my in laws on Boxing Day, but i have asked my husband to see if they can do Christmas day so i will only have to deal with 1 day
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I feel your pain, I’ve only just lost my mum, my dad passed 2 years ago, I really can’t face Christmas this year, but I’ve my children and my grandson to think about, I have only a mother in law who we see in the new year, our tradition used to be Christmas Day with my parents, and Boxing Day just us and the kids, but parents would come to us around 3 ish for dinner
Im so sorry for your loss, i lost my dad 15 years ago aswell. Thank you for reaching out, it so difficult to know what to do for the best whilst still trying to keep everyone happy as they are grieving too. X