I was just trying to calm my mom about this - her youngest (me) is 41. Her youngest grandchild is 12. We love holidays at her house because we remember each other, not the perfect decorations or the sold-out gifts she was able to procure. Sounds like you're on the right track - so what if there's no tinsel on the tree this year or if the cards don't get out to the neighbors until NYE? What people remember is the sentiment behind it. I just remembered to send a digital "thank you" out to my town's service department today because I saw their plow trucks twice on this day when it's literally below zero outside!
I was just trying to calm my mom about this - her youngest (me) is 41. Her youngest grandchild is 12. We love holidays at her house because we remember each other, not the perfect decorations or the sold-out gifts she was able to procure. Sounds like you're on the right track - so what if there's no tinsel on the tree this year or if the cards don't get out to the neighbors until NYE? What people remember is the sentiment behind it. I just remembered to send a digital "thank you" out to my town's service department today because I saw their plow trucks twice on this day when it's literally below zero outside!