How many will be at your gathering?

6

5 people and 3 beagles. In a very tiny house. The dining area can't accommodate any more than that.

It’s a big one this year…
21 that I know of. We are going to friends this year.

Ten this time, and that’s the smallest we’ve had, except for lockdown when it was just me and my brother and sister-in-law. Typically we’d have 16-20, but there are reasons why some can’t make it this year.

10
My parents
Ny brothers family
My two boys and the girlfriend

Normally we host 25-35 but last year extended family pissed me off so I refuse to cook for those idiots again. So this year it’s just me, DH, our three girls, my parents, mother in law, brother in law and his wife and son.

I am so much more relaxed than normal this time. I’ve cooked for extended family for 26 years thanksgiving and Christmas. I cooked it all, nobody brought anything. Never again.

Four for sure, MAYBE six. And other than DH and DD none of the other people are related to us. We purposely avoid being around our own extended families on holidays. We would rather adopt a few holiday orphans because they’re usually more fun to be around.

Only 7. I miss the big gatherings from when I was a kid. The family now just doesn’t do it anymore. I’m jealous of you all with large families. I only have two grown kids and I wish I had had more.

8

I do miss the days of old when about 30 of us used to get together.

We are expecting 6-8. Long gone are the days of the large family gatherings. Some family members have passed away and several others no longer travel over the holidays.

Interesting that my oldest was a little sad but also a little relieved that other family couldn't make it or chose not to come. Holidays can be hard on those with Autism.

You know that Donkey quote from the Shrek Christmas show, “Christmas ain’t Christmas until somebody cries!” Yeah, that used to be my family holiday get togethers. I have a bunch of siblings who don’t get along so it was inevitable that someone would get into it with someone else every holiday. DH’s sister is a tiresome narcissist. Ugh, no thanks. We find some friends who have no family left and we invite them instead. It ends up being a much more enjoyable day.

I'm also going with none.  It will be just me and my pup this year.  I will spend the day installing the new security system that arrived yesterday as well as getting caught up on some paperwork.

We always had a full family get together when my parents were alive, three daughters and our children and spouse, if any.  Then the whole family just fell apart.  Well, my older and younger sister stopped speaking to each other after my dad died.  That was clearly my older sister's fault for what she did to my younger sister.  But out of respect for Mom, I did my best to get along with both sisters so that Mom wasn't uncomfortable.  I knew how important it was to her.  But we never got together as a big family after Dad died, and then stopped all together after Mom died.

I talked to my son this morning and they are staying in Idaho this year so it will be just the two of them as well.  He said he is going to really miss my herb marinated turkey that I usually did each year.  He said he would miss the soup I always made the next day out of the leftover sauce even more.  I gave him the recipe so he can do up a turkey breast version for the two of them if he wants to.  He said it tastes better when I made it and we had a full table of people.  I agree with the full table of people part.  It will seem odd to be just me tomorrow.  We will chat on the phone, but it will just feel like any other day.