I shop online. the kids do the tree. and I go to my brothers for dinner. i'm all set.

I think it's important to decide the things that r just too much & don't do them. Do the most important things early bit by bit and rest very well starting a few days before Christmas. For example....there is no cooked meal at ur house, but if u can handle you have frozen pumpkin pies in the freezer and if relatives drop by u have asked your children or husband or local niece to serve them for u. Gifts can be a card with money, except for the very youngest. Rest well before going to Church etc. Start changing ur traditions this year...and this will help for future years. If u can do more next year that is just a bonus....

Start early and do as much cooking ahead of time as you can or have someone do the cooking for you. Most grocery stores will prepare a meals for you which you have to reserve ahead of time. My Dad did that for years, and not it was not a home cooked meal, but it worked in a pinch. I do as much shopping on line as I can and have the gifts delivered right to their door. I keep my tree on the small side and don't decorate any other part of the house simply because I can't do that anymore. I start saving money to pay for gifts in january. I set aside so much per month and work with that amount and no more! Christmas is about family and not about giving gifts!

Take time for yourself. Shop and wrap through the the year, with a notes on what you bought for who. Have a special bin for all the gifts so they don't get lost. Learn to say no. The hardest part of fibro is losing ability to do all you used to

I do my Chrismtas shopping online and don't do a lot of decorating around my apartment. My mom also has fibro and, when I lived with my parents, she didn't do a lot of the heavy lifting (my dad got the decorations down from the attic); she would always gradually decorate the house for Christmas instead of doing it in one day. Since I've been diagnosed with fibro, her general advice has been to listen to my body and stop when it tells me to stop. Things will get done when they get done.