how are u and dh splitting holidays?

we're starting to fight ovr this.....

we agreed that we would spend xmas eve w/my parents, cousin and her kids and then spend all xmas day w/dh's fam ...

well now dh said that he's not sure what time he will be coming to my cousin's and that he might be late


what are u guys doing

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

Well, we're Jewish so our holiday already passed .... but we spent the an afternoon with his family followed by a dinner with mine. worked out pretty nicely.

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

it really suxxx but after much deliberation it will be this:

christmas eve- my moms, then his cousins, then his aunt's then his par ents house to open gifts at 12am
christmas day- breakfast at my moms, dinner at my dads
im tired just thinking about it

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

Christmas Eve with DH's aunt, cousins and grandparents
Christmas Day Brunch w my family then flying to Florida to go to Dh's moms.

Craziness

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

We're not. I'm sick of running around like a lunatic.

We used to do the following:

Christmas eve with my mom
Christmas morning - breakfast at the IL's
Christmas dinner at my sister's with my dad
Then cake and coffee at DH's aunt's.


This year we're hosting and EVERYONE is coming to us. My family and his. It's going to be a lot of work, but at least we won't spend Christmas in the car

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

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Posted by Lsorrent

We're not. I'm sick of running around like a lunatic.

We used to do the following:

Christmas eve with my mom
Christmas morning - breakfast at the IL's
Christmas dinner at my sister's with my dad
Then cake and coffee at DH's aunt's.


This year we're hosting and EVERYONE is coming to us. My family and his. It's going to be a lot of work, but at least we won't spend Christmas in the car

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i told DH that we need to buy a house if only to host holidays so we dont have to be runnin around like crazy. he was like

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

Thanksgiving was at our house, Christmas Eve at our house and Christmas Day at my parent's house.

DH's parents and brother did Thanksgiving in DC (we weren't invited because it was at her parent's house) and they're all doing Christmas in Pittsburgh. We invited them here but they said no (SHOCKER) and I refuse to spend Christmas morning in a hotel so we're not going there.

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

this is when i'm grateful that i'm not from here

we're Jewish but for the high holidays (Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur) and Passover 95% of the time we're with ILs cuz they're here! once in a rare while we go to Toronto and then have to worry about splitting between my very divorced parents

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

I cannot stand running around for the holidays. Every year we do Christmas Eve at my Uncle's mother-in-law's house for about an hour. Then we head over to my Mom's cousin's house.

In the past, we split Christmas Day twice. The other two years, we drove down to PA on Christmas Day where ILs go with FIL's father. It was a nightmare traveling there on Christmas Day.

Therefore, this year we decided to host Christmas. We are having 15 people or so over. ILs forgot that we were hosting Christmas, so they are still going to PA. Hopefully next year we will all be together.

We had ILs over on Monday for 'Christmas' since they won't be here.

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

I am so thankful that Christmas Eve is my family's big night and his family is a Christmas day/night kinda fam....so fortunately every year we can do both!

We alternate thanksgiving and easter annually...which is the pits because I love thanksgiving at my parent's.

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

xmas eve at my mom's house

xmas day at DH's parent's house

day after xmas with my dad

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

Works out perfect cuz his fam does christmas ever and mine does christmas day. My dads in the am/afternoon my moms in the evening.
Then off to see Little Fockers!! can't wait! But only if we can stay awake!

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

same as every year. xmas eve w my family. xmas day w his

christmas eve night we are splitting up again (2nd year), so that i can sleep over my sis' to watch my niece wake up to see her gifts. and he will sleep over his family's to see his niece wake up with gifts.

we are hoping next year the nieces will stay at our house, so we can all be together!

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

Being that my family a) sucks and b) lives around the country we are spending Christmas Eve with his family and then Christmas day even though his family is begging us to spend with them we will be spending at home. Just us. And our girls

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Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

we got lucky... my family celebrates Christmas Eve his celebrates on Christmas Day...

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

We don't have big families. We are doing Christmas Eve with his family.
Christmas morning we are going to brunch with his family and then my mom's for the rest of the day.

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

we are spending christmas eve at my mom's house and christmas day with his family. took all of 2 minutes to figure it out... i hope all our holidays are this easy to figure out

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

xmas eve at home (we live with my IL's) and xmas day in NJ at my brothers....and only because of my grandmother. My grandmother is in her 80's and I want to make sure I spend xmas with her as I dont know how many she has left

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

Xmas eve- his parents always have a big xmas eve party so we'll be there.

xmas day- my parents have people over so we'll be there.

Works out very well!

Re: how are u and dh splitting holidays?

We're lucky no this part. His family does a bigger Christmas Eve and mine does a bigger Christmas Day so we're going to spend Eve with his parents (although mine will be joining us at the resturant for dinner) and then Day we'll be at my parents house and they invited DH's parents but I'm secretly hoping they don't come...