Yeah they are around, but since my great aunt died none of my extended family want to drive the half hour to an hour to have a family dinner any more. When I was a kid and my Grandparents and great Aunt were alive we would have big family dinners complete with my grandfather setting up a giant train track under the tree, I miss that now. That together with the fact that I never leave the house make the Holidays feel kind of empty and lonely now, it's just not the same.

Also it doesn't help that I just watched Christmas vacation today and that brought back memories of my childhood.