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CHRISTMAS is a time for families - but choosing which relatives you spend it with can be a huge festive headache.


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thought Christmas was an important time for the family - but when asked which part of the family, if any, they were planning to spend Christmas with, their answers were much more diverse. Some 12% planned to visit parents, with 4%


going to their in-laws, 18% to other relatives, 1% not sure yet, and 65% staying at home. Of these, 56% said they were spending


Christmas with their partner, 59% with their children, and 32%’with their parents. > f Another 27% said they would be with their


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time for family, the big question is: which part of the family? Do you spend the day like TV’s ’ Royle Family, with mum, dad, nana and the’ kids -


the people you see nearly every day -


preparing for a festive argument around the tree? Or do you include Great Aunt Edna instead, even if you have neglected her all year? And when you have decided, you will need to


let down some of your relatives - without caus- ingarift.


It is not easy, but it is important not to try to


please everybody, or to spread yourself too thinly.


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few months before, if not the Christmas before,” she says. “You have to realise that there’s only one of you, and you can’t spread yourself around everyone who might want to see you. You have to start off by realising that you have limitations, and realising that unless you have everyone at your house, you’re not going to see them all - so somebody somewhere is going to be let down.” Once you realise and accept that you can’t


please everybody, you will feel easier about making a decision, says Denise. Then, of course, there are slightly more


peripheral decisions to make - if you don’t want to look after Great Aunt Edna, who does? “I t ’s about being realistic,” says Denise,


“and saying that you can’t do it this year, you’ll do it next year.”


One thing to remember is that your relatives


will not get on better than they usually do just because it is Christmas. January is Relate’s busiest time, even though


an NOP survey it commissioned revealed that 47% of people think a family Christmas is not stressful at all. The main thing to remember is that you


cannot change your relatives, and it is best not to have high expectations of difficult people. Denise says: “Lots of families think every­


body is going to be nice to one another, but the reality is that you’re going to see people that you might not have seen for a year. “You need to be aware of potential conflict


and fallings out, and that if there’s a problem it can be tackled, although it needs to be by everyone involved and not just by the organis­ er, for example.” Denise adds: “If you’re trying to fit every­ body in, it means you can’t have a drink and


you can’t relax. Try not to lose sight of the fact that this is Christmas, and you’re supposed to be enjoying yourself.” Consultant clinical psychologist David


Spellman agrees, but warns th a t a happy Christmas is all about planning ahead, and remembering that relationships are for life, not just for Christmas. He says: “The arrangements you make at


Christmas should not be the defining time for your relationships. But if there are people you’ve been neglecting, you can make arrange­ ments to see them at a different time - it does­ n’t have to be at Christmas. And he warns: “You’ve got a dilemma as to


what extent you keep yourself happy and how you keep other people happy at the same time. People try to get the perfect balance, but they’re not realistically going to achieve that.”


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Album/The Hits Tape - 32 Original Hits 1985 Various artist compilation -Now - The Christ- masAlbum 1986 Various artist compilation - Now, That's What ICallMusic8


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when wrapping and sending gifts. Outer Protection: Use a box or


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enough to allow for plenty of cush material (at least 50mm) around tl


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brought to,us by the Germans, whcl the first tree in Strasbourg in 1605.1 tice quickly spread to Switzerland tria. In the early 1800s the Scandinl Russians began putting up t l Parisians finally caught the fever ill ■ Prince Albert, husband to Qul


ria, and being of Germanic descJ duced the German idea of the Chri:f to England in 1841. ■ In 1923, President Calvinl


established the tradition of thel Christmas Tree for America. It wad and put up on the White House ll has been every year since. H The first Christmas greetil


believed to have been designed in II 1843 by J.C. Horsley for a friend, T Cole. This Victorian invention sho\| ily party, beneath which simplf Merry Christmas and a Happy Nil You." This soon became a popular F all English-speaking countries ar| widespread in the United States. B The first reusable ornaments \ l


ed in the 1870s. Before that, the trel ally decorated with candles and ed| It was a real treat to take down t l the Epiphany! B Poinsettia was first used as a j


decoration by a Mexican priest in rJ B Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, f


composed the music for "Silent words written by Josef Mohr. The t | song was sung for the first time du night Mass on December 24,1818. | B Clement Clarke Moore wrote 1


"A visit from St Nicholas" for his cl 1822. While he borrowed heavily frfl ington Irving's image of Santa, i\| was the first to call Santa "chil plump." Before that, St. Nicholas vl a thin, older gentleman. Mr. Moorl the first to attribute eight reindeer| and to name them. B German-born illustrator Thcl


was the first to give us a glimpse of ern-day Santa. Mr Nast also add! Naughty and Nice list, as well a s | Pole workshop. B I t was in 1821 that Santa firj


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