It's just going to be me and my husband. His family lives close, but they have a difficult relationship.

My siblings and parents will get together at my parents’ house. I won’t be going. My mother and I have a very strained relationship. And, even if it were better, I can’t justify spending money on international flights since I recently lost my job and the economy here is awful due to unrest.

With everything that is going on here, we’re not exactly feeling festive. We’ll probably just have a quiet dinner. Pretty much everyone we know will be getting together with family.