
 Originally Posted by 
shootingstar
					 
				 
				
My family views Christmas a great reason for yet another mega-family get together with multi-course, special foods, etc. and celebrate family bonding. 
I must sound awfully simplistic.  But as the years march along, memories of  this become more precious and I confess, nostalgia grows especially when people are still healthy and alive.
			
		 
	 
 You sound like someone who loves her family and is worried about her dad's health...seems pretty reasonable to me.  I hope you guys have a wonderful day no matter what you eat!   
				
			 
			
		 
			
				
			
			
				"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks