Carolyn, since we have a married child we often have another "Christmas" a few days late with gifts and food and Christmas carols, what ever feels good and right.  We enjoy it in a way much more than the "real" Christmas because the tension from Christmas is gone. I think you will find you like it.  And your blog friends are so right, experience a Sophia Christmas – this may be your only chance to do that.  It would be a shame to move back to the US without ever having a Sophia Christmas. Make this a happy holiday there and here, you get two after all, a double blessing.