Thumbnail looks like a tiny cat running on the inside of a dirty toilet bowl . <| sep |> I ' ve been to Trader Joe ' s a few times , and it is cheaper . But it struck me as a lot of premade foods , kinda like a really big convenience store with some fresh produce . I do most of my shopping in the Strip . <| sep |> Thankfully for us , my traditions had already changed a lot . Growing up with split parents , we always did Christmas eve with one parent , and Christmas Day with the other . Then as we got older , me and my sister would travel to spend it with one parent and new step family who welcomed us with open arms . Then retail work started and working prevented going anywhere , and gatherings got smaller from others moving away . So when I met FH , my traditions were more in the past anyways , so it was easy to slide into his family stuff . His mom is great too . She makes one or two things that she knows I love , even though no one else really eats them . So for us it became more natural . But I know there ' ll come a day when we want to stay home we have skipped some things at FH ' s aunt ' s house , and just make our own traditions too . We ' re slowly crossing over things I cherish with his traditions , and finding a middle ground and now , when I say we can skip X tradition of mine this year , FH gets upsetsad because he really likes those traditions now