For almost the first time since we were married (39 years ago) we are spending Xmas away from home and family. We have no surviving parents, so now the children have left home, (even in their 30s we still call them our ‘children’), we thought it would be nice to do something different on our own for a change.
I remember when our parents were still around it could be fraught with controversy deciding where to go, or who to invite over the Xmas holiday. However well-intentioned our plan, someone was usually upset or put-out. So as not to inflict the same dilemma on our children and their partners we have removed ourselves from the Xmas calendar this year.
We have previously stayed at a lovely hotel in Newquay for mid-week breaks in the spring and autumn. The hotel is very dog friendly and we always feel comfortable and relaxed there. We heard that they put on a good event at Xmas so we decided to give it a try.
Usually when we stay at that hotel it is out of season and quite quiet. We knew it would be a lot busier at Xmas time, in fact it was fully booked. I suffer quite badly from social anxiety so having to interact with all those people would be quite a challenge.
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