Christmas is a special holiday for me and my family. We have reinvented it time and time again to the point where it has actually become a day of love and giving. My parents always try to get me the things I really want but would never buy for myself, and I try to do the same for them.

This year is hard, it is going to be my first vegan Christmas. Many of the typical girly items that I love and adore now have to be vegan. Including candles, lotions, bath gels, and other smelly things. I want to give my family some choice, while ensuring that I won’t get things that I would scowl at and then discard.

I’m also highly considering putting my foot down and making Christmas dinner entirely vegan. While my family is awesome, and my parents are really progressive people, even with them things like that get dicey.

In my head I am pleading with the world that this will be the hardest holiday season for me, and that after this my wonderful family will just know what to do. I have high hopes given my family’s track record with adjusting to my lifestyle that is the way things will play out. Though for the moment it means juggling some hard politics.