Alone for the Holidays

Have your children completly involved in the planning of Christmas activites . From Christmas breakfast to Christmas dinner to wrapping of the presents . Cherish each moment you are doing this together and if possible video for you can down as a family and watch together and see how it all unfolded .

Hi lbinkley.My hubby is overseas too and so I am left with my kids and my maid.But nothing could really make you feel so isolated this Christmas.As your hubby is so important to celebrate Christmas with you and your family, it is unederstandable that something's missing and deep within you there's an emptiness inside you and the kids without his presence. Still you can have yourself and your kids goto certain Classical Christmas Show, Santa or Christmas carols and better yet treat the kids to visit your close families.It would certainly divert their attention for a while. Thus, preventing them to dwell on their Dad's absence this holiday. My family will put on hold Christmas celebration.We moved it to 2nd week of next year.That will be when my hubby come home.But on Christmas Eve, my kids and I will go visit my eldest sister and her family and do the celebration with them. So,don't be lonely, you're not the only one who's experiencing this.I am too! Happy holidays to you and your family!

Well during the holidays while he is gone, You could plan something to do everyday. Ask your kids what there favorite things to do is and pick one day to do that. Maybe one night fix some popcorn and hot chocolate and ride around and look at Christmas lights. Have a game day. Have a Christmas Movie day. Plan a welcome home party, make the decorations and get them to make orniments for there dad as a Christmas gift. Last but not least. If you have a soup kitchen or a place where you guys could volunteer together, go and let your kids help serve and see that there are alot of people who don't have anything at all for Christmas. They can also go and visit a nursing home and maybe make up little cards to hand out. There are alot of our seniors that will spend Christmas alone and sad. There is also the Childrens hospital where they can make up ornaments and give out to the sick kids. (That are not contagous). Good luck. This is the time to make some really special memories for your kids and also for you. Oh yea here is another good one. Take them out Christmas Caroling to people you know. Good luck.

i haven't tried this but my friend did. It was actually her mom who couldnt be with them for the holidays. Her mom's a flight attendant and she was scheduled to fly during Christmas Day. Their solution was to fly wherever she was going so all of them spent Christmas aboard a plane -- with their mom. I think it was a good solution for their problem. If you could afford being where your hubby would be on Christmas day, try doing so. If not, maybe you could spend it somewhere in the middle of where ever you are both in now. I know my suggestions kinda silly but Im not sure of your situation. who knows? it might work. LOL. If it wont work with your situation, just pretend that its still a week before Christmas during Christmas week and keep busy preparing for Christmas like you always do. Enjoy your holidays!

I say, depending on their ages you can do lots of Christmas related stuff! Maybe give them each one small gift or a new game you can play together. You can do Christmas crafts, watch Christmas movies, read Christmas stories and eat Christmas cookies. Spend the whole day with them doing Christmas related projects. They will love all the time they get to do fun stuff with you.

Have you try to do things just like when your husband suppose to be there...I mean prepare a small xmas tree that made by both of you and your baby, prepare xmas gift with something small because the surprice will came when he returns. How old are your children? If they are more than 4 years, they can absolutly try to celebrate xmas for the joy of it because it's a special day (with your help of course to explain them) not it's because the only day to get some gifts from Santa. And if they are smaller it's more easier to explain them that Santa cannot come that day because need to help their daddy to work first. What do you think about it...???

You could do a "week" of Christmas, doing something special every day of the week starting Christmas eve, until he is home. On Christmas day, maybe see if any resturaunts will be open? If not, have your kids help you make a pizza or something that they would love. Spend each day doing something special, especially since they will prob. be out of school. Depending on where you live, have a sledding party one day, invite all of their friends over, and make hot chocolate and enjoy yourselves. Just b/c he's not there, doesn't mean you can't make it a wonderful time w/your kids.. he wouldn't want you to just sit around and wait for him to come home. SO get your kids to help, and plan something fun to do, it will help the time to go faster, and it will take a potentially bad Christmas, and make it meaningful. Also, you could have your kids go and help serve dinner at a shelter, that'd be a great idea, since you wouldn't have plans neccesarily on Christmas day. Good luck to you. I hope you have a blessed holiday!

in our country, we all celebrating Christmas together, no jobs on that day coz it's holiday..in your situation it's alright to feel alone but your not really alone coz your kids are their, right? well, you can do things like exchanging little gifts, play games anything..cook foods together, dance or sing together...

I've been married for almost 2 yrs. already but ever since I was into that thing I wasn't able to celebrate holiday season with my husband. Until now X-mas is comin already but still and the fact also that we're already separated. So So sad that even once I wasn't able to experienced holiday season with him. Even though your hubby is not around this season...coz of his job. AS long as there's love in the air...no reason notto be happy.