Irritated w/ Christmas - what would you do?

Bluesmoothee

Okay, so after celebrating Christmas with my family on Christmas Eve we will drive to my ILs house a mile away. We will spend the night there and celebrate Christmas morning there. DD is 3. I'm not exactly happy with doing this because I want Caroline to wake up in her own house on Christmas morning, but DH and I decided we'd do it one last year. That's fine. (Irritating though.)

 So, in this situation what would you do?

 1) Take all of DD's gifts from Santa to my ILs house so that she can open them Christmas morning? (The irritating thing about this is that I won't be sleeping in the same house as her. I'll be at my SILs house who lives across the farm. So I won't be there when she 1st wakes up. Grrrr.)

2) Not take the Santa gifts and tell her that Santa came to her house and that we'd see what he left under the tree later Christmas Day when we get home that evening. Please note that the child will have T-O-N-S of presents to open from the family on that morning.

 

DH does not want to lug all of her Santa gifts to his parents house when we're just going to have to haul them back, along with the 10 tons of other stuff we'll have to lug back, including the dog.

PiperBride

Not being in the same house with my kid on Christmas morning would bug the PISS out of me.  Hell no.  I hope you can make a change for next year, that would not be ok with me.  I would take option 2, Santa can find you wherever you are when you are a kid!  It's magical. 

maxebook29

I'd probably do #2 although only after a serious push to sleep in my own house.

*sparky*

Last year, we did Christmas at the IL's which is a 7-hour car ride away.  We opted for option two - we told DS that Santa had left some presents for him back at his house, and we opened them when we got back home.

That way, we didn't have to lug the gifts there without DS seeing them, and then pack the car with our gifts and the IL's gifts for the ride home.  He had so much to open form the IL's anyway that our car was full for the ride home even without our presents.

Bluesmoothee

PiperBride:

Not being in the same house with my kid on Christmas morning would but the PISS out of me.  Hell no.  I hope you can make a change for next year, that would not be ok with me.  I would take option 2, Santa can find you wherever you are when you are a kid!  It's magical. 

 

No, this is absolutely 100% the last time we are doing this.  What I'll probably do is set my alarm for super-early and try to get over there before she wakes up.  But I'm leaning more towards just telling her Santa left her gifts at home. After all, like I said, she'll have SO much other stuff to open. She won't know the difference really.

eclaires

Would Santa coming to your house a day early be an option?  We travel to my parents on Christmas Eve (only 2 hours from us), so Santa will come to our house the night before Christmas Eve and we'll have Christmas morning for us at our house Christmas Eve morning.

And ditto piper's hell no!

Bluesmoothee

*sparky*:

Last year, we did Christmas at the IL's which is a 7-hour car ride away.  We opted for option two - we told DS that Santa had left some presents for him back at his house, and we opened them when we got back home.

That way, we didn't have to lug the gifts there without DS seeing them, and then pack the car with our gifts and the IL's gifts for the ride home.  He had so much to open form the IL's anyway that our car was full for the ride home even without our presents.

Okay, thanks. This makes me feel better because I think this will be our plan.

Bluesmoothee

eclaires:

Would Santa coming to your house a day early be an option?  We travel to my parents on Christmas Eve (only 2 hours from us), so Santa will come to our house the night before Christmas Eve and we'll have Christmas morning for us at our house Christmas Eve morning.

And ditto piper's hell no!

 

The problem is I have to work Christmas Eve a half day. So when she wakes up I'll be on my way to work.

eclaires

Ah, that makes sense - in that case, I'd probably go with option 2.  I'd maybe even tell her that Santa was coming Christmas day night to her house since that's when she'd be there and do the whole morning thing the day of the 26th since she'll likely be tired and present-ed out on Christmas day.

*sparky*

And I forgot to add, DS was totally fine with the story we gave him.  We just told him Santa knew he would want to have presents under his own tree, but that he also delivered some of his toys to the IL's so he would have stuff to open Christmas morning.

ready2go

I'd make sure you're there before she even sees the tree, presents in the morning.  if you're not already there, tell the inlaws they have to call you before she opens even one gift.

ready2go

sorry, hit post too soon.  I think option 2 is completely fine.  It sounds like she'll have plenty to be excited about and then even more when she gets home.  I'd just make sure she doesn't open anything Chrstimas morning untl you're there to watch :-)

marchbaby

Well I would tell everyone I was staying home with my family and if they wanted to wake up on christmas with us they could come to our house...

If that is absolutely not an option, I'd go with option number 2!  

And there is no way I would not wake up with her on christmas morning.  There has to be room at either house for both of you guys, why do you have to stay in another house while DD is with your IL's?