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January 2011 Moms
SweetHurricane
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Christmas Plans
SweetHurricane
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I know I'm a bit (ok, 2.5 months) early on this, but it's been on my mind a lot lately.
What are your plans for this Christmas/*insert other various holidays*?
ETA: While we're at it - what are you doing for Thanksgiving?
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Re: Christmas Plans
I think it will be the same as every other year. For Thanksgiving we go to my sisters. For Christmas Eve, we have dinner at my parents, then go to church. Christmas morning we go to my parents around noon and then his parents for a huge party in the evening.
I am very excited for LO to get excited for Christmas in the coming years, and all the things I can teach/show her. We have SS for Christmas this year, and I am generally disapointed in his reactions to things. But maybe that is just me being weird. I remember being a kid and waking up at the crack of dawn, then trying to wake my parents because I was so pumped!! My sisters and I would sit at the top of the stops, and it all looked so magical downstairs by the tree. We had to wait for my parents to have a cup of coffee first. With SS over the years, I have noticed we have to wake him up by like 10 or 11, and he isnt very excited about gifts or getting together. Unfortunatly he has every toy known to man, so I guess the stuff I buy him isnt very cool.
Sorry that turned into a rant- I guess I am just excited to experience the child like qualities in DD, that SS does not possess. I know Chirstmas is not all about presents, but I'm looking forward to the magic of the whole season.
Our original plan was to spend Thanksgiving with all of my family in Florida and then spend Christmas alone. With our upcoming move, we're not going to have the money to go anywhere for either holiday.
My mom asked if she could come up and spend Christmas with us and I told her we weren't sure yet what we were doing. I feel like a scrooge saying no because she's a widow and this is only her second Christmas alone. Usually she goes to my dad's sisters gathering (they have giant 30 person dinner for both holidays).
Honestly though, I kind of want it to be just the 3 of us. This is DD's first Christmas, and with us TTC it'll more than likely be her last Christmas being an only child. I'm thinking of inviting my mom up for Thanksgiving and then maybe having my dad/SM up a few weeks early for a mock-Christmas dinner.
SH- I think that sounds like a fine plan. My family and IL's live literally a mile from each other, and 15 min from us, so we never have issues of someone staying with us for a whole holiday. I think your mom would love to be invited for Thanksgiving.
That's really crappy.
I'm sure part of it is that he's a boy. They just don't notice/care about stuff like tinsel and the smell of the Christmas tree.
I'm also excited to share the holiday season with DD. We're not religious, so it kind of is about the presents, but I want to make it about family and being together even when one of us (DH) isn't there. When H starts deploying and we start moving more, sometimes all we're going to have is each other. I think the magic of the holiday season is a perfect way to celebrate that.
I just discussed this with my mom this morning. Holidays are so stressful. I have my mom's side, my dad's side, and my IL's. There is never enough time to spend with all sides to keep everyone happy.
We wanted to hold T'Day dinner at my house with all 3 sides but my mom's side doesn't want to do that. So I may hold it only for my dad's side and my IL's. Not sure. If not, then we'll have dinner at my mom's, then see my IL's, and not see my Dad (which is no biggie, he's only been in my life for 4 years).
Then day before Christmas Eve, we'll go to see my Dad. This is new for us because it's too much to try to see 2 families on 1 day so this is what I decided. Then Christmas Eve is with my Mom's side but I'm trying to get them to come to me. Christmas day with IL's at their house.
Ugh, shoot me now. I want to bunker down at my house with just DH and JT...really I do!
Good lord, are you trying to make me cry!? lol
Hmm... maybe you're pregnant?
LOL- maybe!
We'll do Thanksgiving lunch at my parents and then drive to Lincoln to SIL's for dinner. Back to Iowa to get our Christmas tree and decorate on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Christmas is my holiday to work this year. So I'll be working the nights of the 23-25th yuck. We are doing H's family Christmas on the 29th and mine on the 20th. We always try to spend at least 3 days at each place otherwise it's not worth dragging the kids there (4 hour drive) Also gives us time to relax a bit.
I'm hosting my work night-shift Christmas party on the 16th and my annual Gingerbread house decorating party on the 3rd for about 20 kids. We are also hosting a Holiday Cheer party for all our neighbors and some friends (about 60 people) on the night of the 3rd.
Christmas is crazy busy and I love it. I wish the holiday season lasted until the end of February. It would make the freezing weather a lot more tolerable!