We are hosting my in-laws side for Christmas this year.  Pretty much everyone is either a moderate or a aggressive team-blue democrat.  There are maybe 2-3 younger family members who don't subscribe to the narrative unthinkingly.  There are 2 boomer men who are "the elders" of the bunch.  They both have issues with me because I march to the beat of my own drum and don't "kiss the robe" per se.  One of them is an old deputy sheriff who definitely carries himself accordingly if you get my drift.  So the 2 elder men try to gang up against me and coerce me into conformance as  much as they are socially able.  I have always been open and honest and listen more than I talk, but nonetheless they can tell that I do not conform and it bothers them.

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this. Maybe just partly ranting and wondering if anyone else is going through similar stuff during the holidays?