Celebrating the holidays early? - Deployment Preparation

GeronimoPrincess · 10-03-2009, 04:14 PM

Anyone else doing this? Dh is going to be gone by Christmas so I decided that we are going to do Thanksgiving and Christmas together. I am planning to do a tree and the whole nine yards for him.

ungracekelli · 10-03-2009, 07:08 PM

cool idea!
My DB will be gone for our birthdays so we are going to celebrate our birthdays on our half birthdays!! cake, presents, embarrasing restrant singing, the works!!

Charity · 10-03-2009, 07:09 PM

J and I just did Christmas on Thursday!

New2This · 10-03-2009, 07:46 PM

Great idea. A good friend of mines BIL was gone durning all the holdiays and it was their daughters frist so they her Mom did a week of Holidays. They had Thansgiving, Christmas, Valentines, Easter, etc. all in one week. DB is going to be gone for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas but is going to be stateside. I don't think we will celabrate any before we leave as we are running out of time plus it's just not his thing. I am going to visit at Thansgiving or just before Christmas anyway but if it was his thing and he would have liked it I would totally do it. Neat idea.

Fidzy · 10-03-2009, 08:01 PM

When DH left it was in April, so it was too early to do before, but during R&R (Thanksgiving) we also lumped in Christmas. It was actually a lot of fun.

SnowCrystal · 10-03-2009, 08:03 PM

We've done that in the past... just left one gift back for each of the kids, from daddy, that they could open on Christmas Eve.

GeronimoPrincess · 10-04-2009, 06:20 AM

Thanks ladies. I am glad we are not the only ones planning to do this.

Streif-wife · 10-04-2009, 06:24 AM

Very cute ideas.. my dh is gone for the holidays also i figured ide bury myself in work so i dont have to think about him being gone for them

redtulips · 10-04-2009, 08:18 PM

We did it early one year when my brother was deployed for Christmas, tree, presents, everything.

My boyfriend and I are going to do Christmas when he gets back but don't know if we're going to go all out. I might buy a small tree for us, but I don't feel like putting a regular one up not that long after taking it down.

Brittany Rashel · 10-08-2009, 09:23 AM

we will be. I'm going to talk to my MIL to see if she wants to help with thanksgiving while we're down there and we'll be doing christmas and Matt's first birthday after we get back from Houston in early november.

10-03-2009, 04:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
GeronimoPrincess <3 mommy to four <3 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,072 Blog Entries: 2 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 23% Longevity: 38%	Celebrating the holidays early? Anyone else doing this? Dh is going to be gone by Christmas so I decided that we are going to do Thanksgiving and Christmas together. I am planning to do a tree and the whole nine yards for him.

10-03-2009, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
ungracekelli Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Me- IL Him- the big sandbox Posts: 52 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 15% Longevity: 4%	cool idea! My DB will be gone for our birthdays so we are going to celebrate our birthdays on our half birthdays!! cake, presents, embarrasing restrant singing, the works!! __________________ An Airman in Iraq has my

10-03-2009, 07:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Charity Surviving Deployment #2 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Me: St. Louis/Him: Afghanistan Posts: 6,322 Blog Entries: 2 Classifieds: (5) Activity: 47% Longevity: 16%	J and I just did Christmas on Thursday! __________________ "There is always a way. When things look like there is no way, there is a way to do the impossible, to survive the impossible. There is always a way. If I can offer one piece of advice; today, if you become frightened, instead, become inspired." -Grey's Anatomy I my wifeys Solstice and Mrs. Ninkumpoop!

10-03-2009, 07:46 PM	#4 (permalink)
New2This MilitarySOS Jewel Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 1,362 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 19% Longevity: 10%	Great idea. A good friend of mines BIL was gone durning all the holdiays and it was their daughters frist so they her Mom did a week of Holidays. They had Thansgiving, Christmas, Valentines, Easter, etc. all in one week. DB is going to be gone for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas but is going to be stateside. I don't think we will celabrate any before we leave as we are running out of time plus it's just not his thing. I am going to visit at Thansgiving or just before Christmas anyway but if it was his thing and he would have liked it I would totally do it. Neat idea. __________________

10-03-2009, 08:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
Fidzy I have a crush on Gen. Clark Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Me: Beantown / Him: Ft. Bragg, NC Posts: 11,828 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 41% Longevity: 33%	When DH left it was in April, so it was too early to do before, but during R&R (Thanksgiving) we also lumped in Christmas. It was actually a lot of fun. __________________

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10-03-2009, 08:03 PM	#6 (permalink)
SnowCrystal is blissfully happy... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: "In the land of the tumbling tumbleweed..." Posts: 15,496 Classifieds: (2) Activity: 87% Longevity: 41%	We've done that in the past... just left one gift back for each of the kids, from daddy, that they could open on Christmas Eve. __________________ Emotion makes the world go round, but common sense keeps it from going too fast.

10-04-2009, 06:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
GeronimoPrincess <3 mommy to four <3 Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,072 Blog Entries: 2 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 23% Longevity: 38%	Thanks ladies. I am glad we are not the only ones planning to do this.

10-04-2009, 06:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
Streif-wife Life is too short to wake up with regret Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Me- MPLS, MN/Him-Afghanistan Posts: 453 Blog Entries: 1 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 59% Longevity: 5%	Very cute ideas.. my dh is gone for the holidays also i figured ide bury myself in work so i dont have to think about him being gone for them __________________

10-04-2009, 08:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
redtulips Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 2%	We did it early one year when my brother was deployed for Christmas, tree, presents, everything. My boyfriend and I are going to do Christmas when he gets back but don't know if we're going to go all out. I might buy a small tree for us, but I don't feel like putting a regular one up not that long after taking it down.

10-08-2009, 09:23 AM	#10 (permalink)
Brittany Rashel Surviving deployment #2 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Me: Ft Bliss, TX / Him: Iraq Posts: 9,134 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 62% Longevity: 38%	we will be. I'm going to talk to my MIL to see if she wants to help with thanksgiving while we're down there and we'll be doing christmas and Matt's first birthday after we get back from Houston in early november. __________________