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November 2011 Moms
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Thinking ahead to Christmas...
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So I will once again start out by saying I have a good relationship with my in-laws, so this isn't meant to be a "oh my god my MIL did this" post.
We had a discussion awhile ago about Thanksgiving and starting that as our holiday..... which is fine. I agreed to it so I think we are having them (and inviting other relatives who probably won't show up) come over. It's going to be a little bit of a strain having to do Thanksgiving at our house, then LO's first birthday a couple days later (his birthday is nov 27th and Thanksgiving this year is on the 22nd... we're thinking of having his bday party on the 25th). But then MIL was saying we should have Christmas at our house too this year so that we don't have to worry about driving LO anywhere on Christmas. She jokingly said "gosh don't you love how I'm volunteering you for everything?" I can appreciate the thought behind it... but at the same time I'm not sure. If we do end up doing it, I will have a talk with DH about making it a point that they are to come for Christmas dinner so that we can have our time as a family together in the morning. But I don't know....what do you think? What are all of you doing? Would you rather take your MIL up on it so you can stay in PJs all day on Christmas or would you rather travel the 20 mins down the rd to gma and gpas house when you're ready on xmas? (it's MD and generally we have mild winters)
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Re: Thinking ahead to Christmas...
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Maybe tell MIL you will have Christmas at your house if she does all the cooking? That's what I think will happen here. We have he biggest, most large group friendly house so holidays are always at our house, but MIL or my mom always cook. I think we'll probably be stuck with Thanksgiving at our house this year and then have to clean up and get everything ready for DD's birthday (Nov 25), I'm really not looking forward to it either!
BFP #2 March 2011, Baby Girl born November 2011!!!
I agree! My MIL suggested doing xmas at our house last year and they brought all the food and cooked. They even helped clean up after. Really the only thing I had to do was take out the trash. We didn't plan Thanksgiving last year (our LOs are born the same day
) so that was a non issue. We will be traveling this year so we've avoided it again. I'd say as long as they plan to help cook/clean have'em come on over. Also, I was worried about being overwhelmed about having LOs party days after returning from a trip so we are having it the wk before. That might help spread the kaos a bit. Good luck!