Oh! Christmas morning is also when my sibs and I exchange presents we bought for one another. So...
XEve: Maternal g.parents and drawing gift Xmorn1: Parents and siblings Xmorn2: Paternal grandmother
Attendants are family/relatives and significant others. My cousin is bringing a friend to Tgiving this year and there has been Talk (also b/c said friend is about five years younger than my cousin, also female, and they seem 'too close'). My mother's older sister hasn't been coming around b/c of differences in family values (aka, my mother didn't get sufficiently upset with my sister for getting pregnant). But, yeah, for the most part, like you said, family are relatives and people who I can rely upon in a pinch-- even if they make me angry sometimes and even if they don't understand my ambitions/etc at all.
Anyway, with the exception of my brother, my entire family lives within a half hour of each other. It makes staying connected really easy. It also means a very well-oiled gossip mill.
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XEve: Maternal g.parents and drawing gift
Xmorn1: Parents and siblings
Xmorn2: Paternal grandmother
Attendants are family/relatives and significant others. My cousin is bringing a friend to Tgiving this year and there has been Talk (also b/c said friend is about five years younger than my cousin, also female, and they seem 'too close'). My mother's older sister hasn't been coming around b/c of differences in family values (aka, my mother didn't get sufficiently upset with my sister for getting pregnant). But, yeah, for the most part, like you said, family are relatives and people who I can rely upon in a pinch-- even if they make me angry sometimes and even if they don't understand my ambitions/etc at all.
Anyway, with the exception of my brother, my entire family lives within a half hour of each other. It makes staying connected really easy. It also means a very well-oiled gossip mill.