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How are you managing Christmas?

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Most all of our family lives in town and we usually house hop all day long on Christmas. Well this year I have to work Christmas Eve and I will be exhausted on Christmas (I work night shift). I'm not going to feel like house hopping and I don't really want to drag DD all over town, either. Plus, I want to start some holiday traditions of our own. Would it be too much to ask our families to gather at our house for Christmas?
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  • xDanniellexxDanniellex

    My family gets together on New Year's Day. 

    We usually do Christmas Eve with H's family.  We haven't discussed this with them yet, as BIL/SIL would have to travel from Chicago so they would probably be staying with us.  Even if we do something on Christmas Day with H's family, it will be at our house, which I really like.

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  • alanshannaalanshanna
    I don't think that is too much to ask.Those who want to see you and celebrate with you will understand and come and those who don't....won't. But you would rather have a happy memory of the day with your new little one than a bad memory of you being tired and stressed about taking care of your LO.
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  • jessinscjessinsc
    We will have my parents over for Christmas dinner after we have our family time in the morning. If you are up for hosting, I think it would be perfectly acceptable for your family to come to you guys this year. We will be having my H's entire family at our home for Thanksgiving.
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  • naturelle25naturelle25 member
    I refuse to spend the whole day of Christmas in the car so we will go to one place (usually my parents). Christmas Eve will then be spent at the IL's. I dont really care if anyone has a problem with it b/c its my family & my crabby kids if they are dragged all over creation.
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  • ASmallWonderASmallWonder member
    Our family rule is that those without kids go to the homes of those who do!
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  • cdc1982cdc1982 member

    Christmas will be easy for us, it's the same thing we do every year (1/2 day w/ my fam, 1/2 day w/ his)

    Christmas Eve is more of my concern.  His family gets together late at night at his parents & does gifts at midnight.  I hate the idea of messing w/ DS's sleep like that (he goes to bed for the night between 10:30 & 11pm; any later & he gets super fussy).

     

    As for your ?, I don't see why it'd be a problem to ask people to come to your house.  I would think most people would understand.

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  • hugNkiss08hugNkiss08

    We used to house hop a lot. My parents are divorced, remarried and divorced again. Starting this year we are just going to stay home. I have told everyone that I will have a bunch of food and they are more than welcome to come to our house.

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  • junebug02junebug02
    My parents are divorced too so I've always had to house-hop a ton on Christmas.  I don't know what we're going to do now that we have a baby.  She won't really be old enough to know the difference this year, but next year and those after will be different.  We've already decided to just go to one place for Thanksgiving, but I know that won't work for Christmas.  I am hoping we can do some family gatherings on the weekend after Christmas or New Years.
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  • Luigi1Luigi1

    So far, this has been our Christmas "schedule":

    Christmas Eve:  Mass and dinner with father-in-law's family

    Christmas morning: Gifts at my DH's parents' house, like he is 12. (He is thirty-frickin'-two.)

    Christmas afternoon: MIL's family dinner

    Christmas night:  FINALLY, some time with MY family.... and IF there's time (there's usually not), we MIGHT make it to see my dad. (My parents are divorced)

    DH and I started discussing our holiday plans the other night, and it ended up in a huge blowout.  I pretty much hate Christmas because of this.  Now that we have the baby, everyone will say "Ohh!! But so-and-so hasn't seen the baby yet!"  I'm going to be the b*tch of Christmas when they find out we aren't going to every Tom, ***, and Harry's to celebrate.

    Is it SOOO terrible to alternate holidays and visits???  My in-law's think so.

    Sorry for the vent.... Huh? 

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  • jennygirlmtjennygirlmt member
    imagecdc1982:

    he goes to bed for the night between 10:30 & 11pm.

    Completely unrelated but this makes me feel so good! DD goes to bed around 11 and I have been feeling like a horrible mom since all these babies go to bed at freaking 7 :-)

     

    And not a problem, I think you should do what you feel is best. My parents are 5 hours across the state and Dhs fam is here. And while they all have their opinions we try to do what works for our family and let them celebrate with us when we are able. Good luck! 

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