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Make Your Feelings Known
If you’re newlyweds, discuss openly with your spouse how you’ve celebrated holidays in the past and what’s truly important to you. If you plan on getting a 10-foot tall, live tree the day after Thanksgiving they need to know this – they may be more of an artificial tree type. Communicate early, so you can work together to uncover a compromise.
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Make Your Own Family Memories
If your extended family doesn’t respect your choices remember that the most important family over the holidays is your own. We had a great comment related to this during #marriagechat. Someone said they used to try to please everyone (which never works anyway) so now they just focus on their marriage and their kids over the holidays.