What are the holidays to you? In the "The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American" Jeff Smith tells the story of a man who had fried corn meal mush every Thanksgiving. People said he was silly for having that still every Thanksgiving. But he said that was Thanksgiving to me. We were poor and that's all we could afford. So anything you do for Christmas, even if it's cheap and largely symbolic. Maybe all that matters is that it's special to you.
