Have you known anyone to die on a holiday?

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My father in law might die today or tomorrow. He is getting so much worse. He's actually delirious now. Yesterday my SIL called hubby to say he needed to get over to see his father. His father thought people were poisoning him, he was throwing things across the room, and demanding the police be called. But when hubby got there FIL was asleep and could not be woken up (not sure if this was drug induced or not). My first thought was perhaps there was some truth in this. He is in a new facility, a hospice center. So perhaps he isn't being treated right and this is his way of telling us. Well, my husband just called today. He got a call from a volunteer at the hospice center saying his father wanted to speak to him. When he got on the phone, his father told him he was being held against his will.. he named a city which was no where near where he's actually at. He then said the people who are holding him aren't telling him where his wife is. His wife has been dead almost 2 years now. After that he said something about wanting some ice skates. So yeah.. that's delirium. Hubby also said when he saw his father yesterday he was wimpering from the pain. It is terrible FIL has to suffer so much in his final hours. We all wish he could have just died peacefully. I also worry about how his death on Christmas might affect my family. Not just this year, but forever. Christmas is supposed to be a happy, festive holiday. But my husband and children will forever remember Christmas as the day their father/grandfather died. It will be depressing instead of happy. Have you ever lost someone on a holiday? Did that loss change the meaning of the holiday for you?