“Just So You Know, We’re Using Your House for Christmas,” My Daughter-in-Law Texted — She Never Asked

He paused, thinking. “I like when we have time to actually sit and talk. Board games, maybe. A walk around the neighborhood to see decorations. Not rushing around constantly.”

We settled on something smaller. Just the three of us on Christmas Eve, plus Melissa’s parents on Christmas Day. No cousins, no extended entourage, no expectation that my house continue reading …