By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

With the holidays rapidly approaching, the family of Josh and Susan Powell are facing their first Christmas without Charlie and Braden, but they are determined to enjoy the festivities without wallowing in the tragedy, Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal.

"We'll do some little things for Christmas for them but at the same time it has reached the point that if you do keep going at it it's like picking at a scab," Kirk Graves, who is married to Steven Powell’s daughter, Jennifer Powell Graves, told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview. "We'll remember them but we want it to be a happy time too."

As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Josh Powell heartlessly attacked his two sons, 5-y