I'm planning to have the best Christmas in a long while. My daughter and I will spend it with the part of my family I actually like, including my 93-year-old grandma and my favorite cousin. I will also be meeting my bf's parents and having a blast in California.

I also get to avoid the worst effing job in the world, which I do every year at my daughter's school along with many other long-suffering parents. It's setting out farolitos, which are paper bags with candles in them, for the Christmas Eve Walk. We do hundreds of these things, and it's so damn cold, and the Large and in Charge squad of PTC moms just make the whole thing an ordeal. It takes hours, and this year I don't have to do it because I won't be here. Thank you, Santa.

I have a tree- it smells good and it's really pretty. I had a Christmas tree decorating cocktail party a couple of weeks ago, and 20 people came over. It was fun.

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