I like to cook. My Mother always cooked the big holiday dinners, and my sister and I carried on the tradition. I finally started buying pies, but most everything else was from scratch.
But one year, I just couldn't do it, so I ordered the entire dinner from a deli and picked it up.
That was many years ago, and today it has become much more common for even your local grocery store to offer a reasonably priced holiday dinner for the family.
So don't feel like you have to do it all. Order the dinner, use paper plates, just for the day close your eyes, realize your health is important, and throw away stuff you might normally recycle.
Enjoy any down time you can get to talk to your friends and family, and, if you are a caregiver, take this chance to ask your siblings (assuming you have some), to help out with Mom and Dad. Many people who have not been caregivers don't notice an "elder" needs a plate of food brought to them, and maybe some help cutting up the meat.
Don't assume people won't help, most often they are just simply oblivious.
You might also need to urge your siblings to spend more time with their parents. Too many
children have regrets they didn't spend enough time with their parents, didn't call them enough,
or even text them enough.
Try to live your life without regrets. That is the best Christmas present you can give to
yourself.
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