The holidays have always been about family for me, so this holiday season, I am planning to spend it with family. I’ll be heading to my parents’ house and spending about a week with them. On Christmas, I’ll be going with them to my aunt’s house nearby for a big family Christmas dinner, which will no doubt be full of food, wine, argument, and merriment. We also have plans to host family friends of ours who live down south. They aren’t biologically family, but they are without a doubt my “aunt and uncle” and are the family that we have chosen for ourselves.