[SolarCat]

I'm sorry I got upset over your attempt to guilt trip me. I don't do well with those, and my point was a valid one.

I have a lot of people who want to spend Christmas with me, and I have chosen to celebrate it at my own house this year. I have owned this house since last year, and I still feel like it's a house, and I want it to be a home. So I am holding a Christmas party.

Just because you are my sister and "everyone else" is going to be there on Christmas and that you are going there "even though you have to work" doesn't mean that I have to be there. I was there for Christmas LAST year, despite my desire to celebrate it at my house for the first time last year, because I let you strong arm me into it and pull Mom into the mix to pull all her unhealthy manipulations. I gave in because I just couldn't take it anymore.

I'm not doing that anymore. It's my decision, and I will be HERE at MY HOUSE for Christmas. I'll still be up around Christmas, I had actually been thinking the 26th, even in spite of your offensive reaction to my decision.

Thank you for ending the conversation, though. I was going to step away from the conversation, but you beat me to it in an actually graceful manner, so I have great respect for that. It shows we still have hope for some sort of relationship at some point, which is a nice improvement from the usual.