- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
Trying to Get Pregnant
How do you split holidays?
Do you visit both families for all the holidays?
Do you alternate each holiday?
Do you just spend them together without going to your families?
It's so hard to find time for everyone plus still get a little alone time with each other!
This discussion has been closed.
Re: How do you split holidays?
We split the day between both families.
My mom and brother join DH's family for Thanksgiving.
Christmas Eve is spent with DH's family. Early Christmas morning we fly out and spend Christmas day (and a couple more days) with my family.
This is always what DH and I fight about over the holidays because we live really close to both parents (5 miles and 11 miles away) and there is usually extended family in on both sides.
We have avoided making a decision this year so far. More then likely we'll go to both parents house for both Christmas and Thanksgiving, so frustrating. My mom invited his family over for Thanksgiving, but MIL is allergic to cats so that was out.
TTC #1 - May 2010 - IUI #3: BFP
TTC #2 - May 2012 -IUI #2: BFP
6/20/11 mc @ 5wks
10/19/11 mc @ 17wks- Trisomy 18
IUI #1 4/26/12 BFN
Moving on to IVF in July
37 with DOR...fabulous
ER 7/14/12 6R 5F, ET 7/17 3 embies, beta #1 7/26: 147, beta #2 7/28: 326, beta#3 7/30: 422...ugh, beta#4 7/31: 607...hopeful, beta #5 8/2: 1280, beta #6 8/7: 7184 and u/s shows 1 possibly 2 sacs! 8/14 2 beautiful heartbeats! 9/24 we are TEAM BLUE!!!!!
My in-laws live right next door(lovely)
My parents only live 10 mins away. So usually we just all get together as one big family!:)
We travel to see DHs family (4 hour flight away) right after Thanksgiving, usually. Although we'll actually be there for Thanksgiving this year. We really like going between holidays though. Everything still feels really festive and we can celebrate exclusively with his family. Any other way is too hectic for us. We flew out to see his family on Christmas day once, and that was terrible.
The holidays are so busy!
Luckily my mom's side decided years ago that we do Thanksgiving the sunday before the real thanksgiving to give people more time. Then on thanksgiving day we go to my dads side, then we go to the DH's family in the afternoon.
Christmas eve we go to my moms side in the evening. Christmas morning we do our thing, go to my sisters, then we go to my dads side at 11 and then off to the DH's at 4.
WHEW
Do you visit both families for all the holidays? It's complicated - my parents are snowbirds so we don't see them for winter holidays, however, we see them for the summer one. DH works a lot of holidays so if he's off we do an early T-giving at our house (me, DH, and my sister) and then head over to his side. Luckily(oops) he's working this year so after we eat he'll have to go to work and my sister and I will watch movies. He's off X-mas so we'll have dinner and open presents at our house x-mas eve and then head to his side on x-mas day.
Do you alternate each holiday? See above
We rotate holidays. Dh's parents live in CO and mine in GA, so this year its his parents for Xmas. I wish I could see mine though!!