Where will you be spending the Christmas holidays?

[SerendipityCrafts]

Where will you be spending the Christmas holidays?

[mariaandmanish]

Happily, this year we're spending it at home. DH's family is traveling to us for this year, so I'm thrilled that for once we don't have to travel! Of course, it means more work for me, but that's okay. It'll be nice!

[brewsells]

We spend it with everyone. For Turkey day, we visit everyone. It's a day full of eating, that's for sure. For Christmas, DH's grandmother does the celebration of Christmas Eve where his whole side goes. Then Christmas morning is at our house and after that we are off to my folks house. I like it this way. Noone gets left out and I get to spend the holidays with all the family I love.

[SerendipityCrafts]

I think we are spending it here - sort of.

Hugh's parents couldn't make it to the wedding so we are trying to make plans to spend Christmas with his parents, his brother & family, my mother and our kids (schedules permitting). We don't have the room to house everyone so we are looking to rent a chalet or stay in a hotel close to a ski resort up north.

[jeni740]

this is a major issue this year, my mom and Andys sisi ter are doing christmas both on christmas eve and both at the same time, same with Thanksgiving so the holidays which I usually love kinda suck this year.:(

[WebLady]

We usually spend Christmas Eve with my family at their house and Christmas Day with DH's family, they usually come to our place. At least that is how it has been the last few years since his mom passed.

[WhiskeyGirl]

Hiding under the couch - I just wish Christmas would go away!

Yup! I'm the scrooge who voted that. At this point finding a home is more important and we were told while we were all fighting that Christmas was cncelled anyhow! I'm not sure I really feel like celebrating Christmas anyhow. *Sigh*

[SerendipityCrafts]

Hiding under the couch - I just wish Christmas would go away!

Yup! I'm the scrooge who voted that. At this point finding a home is more important and we were told while we were all fighting that Christmas was cncelled anyhow! I'm not sure I really feel like celebrating Christmas anyhow. *Sigh*

I remember that feeling well. I am 40-ish LOL and I only had my first Christmas at home when DH and I got together.

When I was married the first time, both sets of parents lived too far apart to be able to visit both on the same day or even the same weekend. I always felt torn between the parents and I dreaded the inevitable question - when are you going to be here for Christmas? I also would have killed to have a Christmas of my own, at my own place and make our own traditions.

[WhiskeyGirl]

When I was married the first time, both sets of parents lived too far apart to be able to visit both on the same day or even the same weekend. I always felt torn between the parents and I dreaded the inevitable question - when are you going to be here for Christmas? I also would have killed to have a Christmas of my own, at my own place and make our own traditions.

My family is the same. They never come to us, we must always go to them! And when we just want to have a Christmas alone they just get mad! I feel like I'm caught between a rock and a hard place alot. M's sister is comeing from Germany and I'm not sure I care to be there for that. They usually just speak German and leave me out of everything. Not the way I enjoy spending the holidays!! Often I'll go home and just cry after wards.

[Valmai]

We are renting a farmhouse cottage down in West Wales on the coast, its where Jamie proposed last year so its sentimental anyways but we like to be by ourselves. We get to go to the Cathedral for christmas eve mass, and spend the rest of our time between taking long walks along the coastal path and spending time cuddled up eating our selves silly. We are on a budget this year cos of the wedding so we booked this asd a present to each other with a promise to only by each other summat cheapish to unwrap. x

[Jenn060306]

I'm an other. Christmas is kinda a nightmare for us! We have so many people pulling us in different directions. It's kinda tough.

Christmas morning will just be Mar and i at home. Then arround lunchish we are stopping by Mark's mother's to say hi before going to my mother's for dinner. Boxing Day we will be having dinner at Mark's mom's house.
I'm thinking (hoping) we can do Christmas with Mark's dad on the 27th. Then we also have to go for dinner at friend's of Mark's mom's one night, and go up for dinner with my dad's sibblings one night. And depending on the situation with my mom's sister we may or may not be going to the City for dinner with them on Christmas eve.

I am really looking forward to waking up on Christmas morning at home with my husband and having a quiet morning with cinamon buns and openning gifts.

[katieandalex]

We split the days....and it stinks too. On Christmas Eve, its his dad's birthday so we have to go over there, but my family always does their Christmas gift opening on Christmas Eve. So we spend the morning and afternoon with his family, and then the evening on Christmas Eve with my family. Christmas day we usually spend the morning with his family and the afternoon & evening with my family.

[Craigs_Girl]

Our families are in the same town (within 30 minutes of each other) so we usually spend the late morning to mid afternoon with his family then go spend the rest of the day with my family so we get to see both sides. (except for my dad's side whom lives out of state and we don't usually spend holidays with them)

[hummingbird521]

I am not really sure as of yet where we will be spending the holidays. As this is our first year to spend it together it is still not even close to being planned. I know this will be a very sore subject for us around here. My DH and his ex have joint custody and in the past have always let the kids be both places. At that time neither of them were remarried. Now it is up in the air. I would like to have christmas eve at my parents house and have my kids and his kids here for Christmas day. But who knows......................

[ikkin510]

It looks like this year both Steve and I will have off!! First christmas ever, which will be nice, expecially since it's our first as husband and wife. In the morning we will probably just spend time with each other and do our thing at the house. Then we go to his parents house after lunch and do the gift thing there. Then we have dinner with his extended family. I'm thinking this year of either christmas eve or the day after with my family. Whether we go there or they come here, I'm not sure yet. We'll decide as we get closer to the holidays.

[BriansBride07]

I love Christmas and I voted other.

On Christmas Eve we go to FH parents house and eat open presants and enjoy the extended family on his side.
Christmas Morn. we spend the morning with the kids and have a big breakfeast.
Christmas Afternoon we go to my moms house and eat and open presants with my extended family.

It a full 2 days but I wouldn't change it for the world. I love family and spending time with them.

[Kacie_bride]

I voted other. We will be spending time with both families, doing last minute wedding stuff along with Christmas!!!