In 2020, my entire family including my divorced parents, reunited for a once a lifetime xmas week all together. Couldnt resist doing this
Friday, 14 Mar 2025
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We reunited at my sisters farm surrounded by mountains in a beautiful canadian ski town 2000 miles away from me and my dad and my mom drove up from the states. It was minus 30 degrees celsius all week with 5 feet of snow.
Love to see it! Especially when some divorces end so ugly, it restores a little faith in humanity when good people can stay cordial after the split. Congrats on having cool parents who love you
This is so lovely
That’s nice! It’s impressive that you got your divorced parents in the same house with each other!! My parents divorced when I was 10, and by the time I was 30, they could tolerate being around each other for about 10 minutes. Between the ages of 10 and 30, it was just constant fighting, though.
You’re out there living the dream!
Fam bam xmas reunion, epic!
This is such a sweet recreation! Nostalgia + family love = priceless memories. Y’all nailed the vibe perfectly!
**Title:** ***Snowbound for Christmas***
**Plot:**
Ellie, a big-city journalist, reluctantly agrees to her brother Ryan’s bold plan: a Christmas family reunion at his farm, tucked away in a breathtaking Canadian ski town surrounded by towering mountains. The twist? Their divorced parents, Carol and Mike, are coming too, both making the long drive from the States for their first Christmas together in over a decade.
Ellie isn’t thrilled about the idea—she and Ryan rarely agree on anything, and she worries that their parents, who can barely tolerate each other, will make the holiday awkward. But when Ellie arrives after a 2,000-mile journey, she’s struck by the farm’s charm. Blanketed in five feet of snow and framed by frosted peaks, it looks like a winter wonderland. The downside? It’s a bone-chilling -30°C, and there’s no escaping each other in the cozy farmhouse.
The week begins with predictable tension: Carol and Mike bicker over Christmas tree placement, Ryan insists on dragging everyone to chop firewood, and Ellie can’t get a decent Wi-Fi signal for her work deadlines. But between snowshoe treks, farm chores, and late-night cocoa by the fire, the family starts to reconnect.
Ryan, who left city life behind to run the farm, introduces Ellie to the slower rhythms of his world—and to his neighbor, Sophie, an adventurous ski instructor who sparks something in Ellie she didn’t expect. Meanwhile, Carol and Mike bond over their shared memories, beginning to see the family they built as a success, despite their differences.
When a surprise blizzard cuts off power and snowburies the farm even deeper, the family has no choice but to come together. By the glow of a wood-burning stove, they swap stories, resolve old tensions, and rediscover the love that ties them all together.
Christmas morning dawns clear and bright, revealing a farm blanketed in glittering snow. Carol and Mike exchange heartfelt apologies, Ryan announces plans to expand the farm, and Ellie contemplates trading her fast-paced city life for the warmth and simplicity she’s found in the mountains—and maybe Sophie, too.
**TLDR:** *Sometimes, the frostiest winters create the warmest memories.*
this is so precious, I’m sure the holidays will be memorable for all of you 🥰
your brother’s expression is hilarious. And your ma holding his hair! 😂😂 My family has never looked this happy and they are still together.
love this!!
my twin sister and I sat on our divorced parents’ laps for a recreation photo at my college graduation party. the original photo was taken when we were four.
this is so wholesome but also lowkey proves that divorce doesn’t ruin families, people do. love seeing this kind of healing!
Your dad is Cliff from Cheers?
Is this real life?
Very cool!
My divorced parents would never do this. So sweet! Hope it was a great visit.
After the pain and hurt abate, that underlying abiding love can remain. …I hold strong “sisterly” love for my ex. We broke down, couldn’t express or adapt to what we needed at the breakdown.
A decade of independently “dealing with it” after separation, with unobstructed access to “eachother’s” families, and uncontested division of assets (early on) and divorce (a decade later), we are family.
Reuniting your whole family, especially with the complexities of divorced parents, for a Christmas week together must have been memorable.
My ex, adult kids, and I spend most holidays together! The past is the past!
Love it! Was your dad Cliff Clavin?
The year everyone else was socially distancing from their family like they were supposed to?!
Your dad is CLIFF CLAVEN?!
“Wow, sounds like a Christmas miracle in the making! Bet it was a Hallmark movie kind of week
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This is so special but according to the rules of hallmark movies your parents have to fall back in love. (Joking) wow big of them to do such a sweet thing.
*sorry for getting confused about who was posting. It would be you making a hilarious face, since you wrote that it was your sister’s place.
Family reunion: outfits may age, but vibes remain timeless.
Fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Reunions like that are rare treasures. I’m glad you got to experience something so special
That’s cool. Everyone still gets along.
Beautiful!
This is so wholesome it hurts. Growth and love in one pic.
Great photo! You all look awesome…..
My divorced parents would never do this lol. Congrats
Super cute pic!
OP’s mama has the most infectious smile ever!
Good for all of you. This is magic. Your family is awesome.
Good for you guys. Your family is awesome.