Christmas and so on

Hi All,
Since the season is upon us I thought I would let you know what I am up to. Friday of this week the office goes for lunch and pretty much doesnt come back. Sometime Saturday I will drive up to Mum and Terry's house and hang out with them that night. Sunday morning I am going to go to church with my Dad and step-mum Helen. I wish they would go every week but at least I can encourage them on Christmas day. That's right Dad if you are reading this!
After church I will go with Dad and Helen to Helen's daughter's house to watch their kids open their presents. From there we go to her son's house. I say a quick hello and then go back to Mum and Terry's house for Christmas lunch. I hang out with them that night and then go home the next day most likely.
How do I feel about Christmas? Well, to be honest I have mixed feelings.
I am happy to be able to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus but am saddened that people most often dont even think about him, let alone have him as Lord of their lives.
I feel sad that I would love to have a family (wife and children) of my own to celebrate it with.
As for the rest of my family, well to be honest I feel like the Lee (my surname) element of both parents Christmases is really low. Last year at my Helen's family's christmas that I came along to, there was my Dad, my bro and I (3), and on Helen's side there were roughly 20 at a guess. Some I hadnt ever met before. Similarly at Mum's as well, there were the 3 of us and about 15-20 others. Dont get me wrong, I love both my step-parents and their families, they are all really nice and friendly people, but sometimes I dont feel like it is our Christmas.
I dont go 'home' for Christmas (or any other time for that matter), I go to Mum and Terry's house and Dad and Helen's house. Do you notice the difference? As for my place in Wollongong, I dont know if I call it home either. I guess I am truly in a place where heaven is my home and Christmas is a time in which I long for home more than any other time in the year.
The obvious plus side to this is that I am probably quite able to do overseas mission work and not get homesick so much that I cant do what I went there for.

After Christmas I will probably hang out in Wollongong. Dont know about NYE. I might see what Leigh (my step-bro) and Maya (his gf) are planning. After that I have another week off work and will be getting ready for CMS summer school. The week after that will be summer school. I am looking forward to that heaps. It will be great to hear a week+ of great bible teaching and spend some time lying in my hammock. Ohh yeah!

Being that I have taken a couple of weeks off from Friday 23/12 till Monday 16/01 I wont have access to the internet. Just letting you know!