What a great question!

All holiadys were really bad for me, I would have to sit in the corner and watch the other kids open stockings and presents. Santa knows we were bad. we just never did anything bad. After being dx'd I moved to a whole other state where I knew no one and barely my T. She wanted me to start celebrating it. WE spent many many therapy appointment with my T starting to help my change how I was thinking. Finding my new life with out ppl hating me. So the 2nd year, my T helped me get a fake tree and we make 500 teal castles and simply put there names on each one from the list my T had. I didn't know they so I thought. Around July start putting money away so when the time is right you and your T could shop togeher.

Our kids get hotwheel cars. candy a pen some homemade candly.
the girls can pick a hot wheel car or stickers (everyone gets paints and journals

This is the way we do it.

***It is so important to start doing what the abusers said no to. Your healing and now your writing the rules not the abusers/
Happy Thanksgiving to all Crew