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I enjoy them. The only thing that stresses me out is getting packages shipped to my family on time.

I love them! Sometimes I get tired from all the family Christmasses, but I guess it's not a bad problem to have.

Usually excited, but this year, stressed!! I've already cried over holiday drama and it's only November 12th!

I've been working on trying to enjoy the holidays more. I am generally a Christmas grinch ... it wasn't very fun when we were young, and I guess I'm still not over it. I start trying to get in to the spirit around August, but usually end up cranky about something. I'm much too logical to just enjoy the holiday season - we're not Christian, and I hate the materialism that overwhelms American Christmas, so I don't have anything to hang my hat on, so to speak.

I do like the pretty lights, though! And the greenery!

I normally love every moment of the holidays and just refuse to allow family drama to interfere with our holiday cheer. However, I have already cried more than I care to admit this year. LO's first holiday was Halloween and MIL didn't even bother to drive the 10 blocks to see her but she was free to spend the whole day with her other grandkids. My family was supposed to fly in from CA for Thanksgiving, but that fell through and my dad got deployed by FEMA to respond to Hurricane Sandy. So, he'll be missing Thanksgiving. So, I've been pretty disappointed. DH and I decided today to look at it as a blessing though - we get to celebrate our first Thanksgiving just how we choose with no outside interference. Trying to focus on the positive and stay cheerful!

I really enjoy them but they do stress me out a bit.

I host a xmas party for my husbands company each year. I stress about getting the food done and decorating done. I also feel like my decorating style SUCKS, so I end up feeling crappy about that.

For me it's a double-edged sword. I enjoy the holidays, because it's the only time of year I get to go back to my hometown and see my extended family (I'm from Arizona but live in Oregon). But, travel is inherently stressful, expensive, and annoying. And even though I always get really excited about being "home," it is kind of boring.

I love thanksgiving but not so much christmas. i hate the shopping, gift giving, gift receiving and chaos leading up to it. I do love the carols, traditions, church, etc. thanksgiving is awesome because there's so little prep except for cooking and to me, its what a holiday is all about -- being together and grateful for what we have.

I think we're really lucky, there isn't really any family drama on either side (knock on wood). I enjoy them, although this year is a little stressful because Christmas will be so close to baby's arrival and I'm nervous about lots of people wanting to put their paws on him. But we'll see LOVE gift making & giving, and getting to see my family all in one spot since we're all spread out.

I used to really enjoy them, but it always winds up being really rushed and hectic, and I imagine it'll be even more rushed now that LO is here. I've been trying to get DHs family to join our family holiday dinners for the past few years bc I think that'd minimize A LOT of our rushing around and craziness of trying to get everywhere in 1 day. Plus, his side of the family is only 4 people (not counting us), so it just makes more sense to me. But, sigh, it's not happening.... so we have to try to squeeze in 2 dinners on Thanksgiving + LOs nap in a 3 hour time frame. I just hate feeling rushed! Don't even get me started on the 4 Christmas gatherings we have.

I love them. we are do not have a lot of drama in my family over the holidays, but what would the holidays be without drama? : )

Love them! There's definitely always stress, but especially this year, I refuse to let stress get to me, because it is our first holidays with dd, we are so blessed

I used to love them, but now they usually end up stressing me out, especially the drama of whether we are spending it with my family or DH's family. His family is super small and doesn't do anything big for the holidays, so I always end up really missing my family and their huge gatherings.

For the most part enjoy. My only stress is usually dealing with lo's sleep /nap schedule. For example, thanksgiving tradition is to do the turkey trot that starts earlier than lo wakes up. So I'm stressing out about either missing the trot or lo being cranky. Neither sounds fun. But at least its not family drama or something worse.

@marionberry: yes! I love Oregon, but it is quite nice to go down to AZ and see the sun.

I wish I could love them, but am usually stressed by in-law family drama, trying to see everyone, etc. It's usually more hectic than enjoyable. Blech.

I'm a little stressed about it this year - the tug of war over where we spend the holidays now that we have a baby - being back at work and balancing work, home, baby, husband, holiday shopping, etc. But Once they are here, I love them.

I LOVE THEM! I come alive in the fall, I start decorating and cooking and making my house smell good, etc. I only cringe at fall/winter holidays for $$ reasons.