***QOTD 12/26/13 ***

Hope everyone had a very good holiday!

So with another holiday come and gone next year most of us will be married by the time the holidays come around next year. Do you think your first holiday as a married couple will be different than previous years?

I would have to say hopefully cause we don't know where we will be living yet right after the wedding I likely doubt we will be in a house 3 months after the wedding (I can dream though) but hopefully maybe a sublet or month to month rental or something. Which than we can do Christmas our way. The last few years for us we went from living separately and celebrating separately, to living with roommates and still not spending Christmas together, to moving in with my parents and finally celebrating together. We hope next year we can have our own space and do things how we want it and start our new traditions for the holidays as well as keep some old ones.

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I definitely think it will be. It was a bittersweet feeling this year knowing that I wouldn't be waking up in my childhood home on Christmas, but in our new home. We're also hoping that things will become a little easier and not as chaotic.

Next year we're going to start a new tradition that the Saturday after Christmas is going to be our day to exchange and spend time with our parents. They're going to come over for dinner and we'll exchange gifts then. We're going to just enjoy Christmas morning together at our new place and then go to see our families without feeling so pressured and overwhelmed speeding through everything. I want the time I spend with my family on Christmas to be actually hanging out not just ripping open gifts so we can get to the next place on time. I'm looking forward to it!

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You threw me for a loop with the date haha I thought someone answered an old question.

We were just talking about this though. It will be a little different in the sense of where we wake up since we don't have our own place yet. I think it will really feel different once kids come in the picture.

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Posted by coffeeisgreen

You threw me for a loop with the date haha I thought someone answered an old question.

We were just talking about this though. It will be a little different in the sense of where we wake up since we don't have our own place yet. I think it will really feel different once kids come in the picture.

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Sorry about that quick fingers since I am posting from work lol.

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Posted by MrsDtoBe

I definitely think it will be. It was a bittersweet feeling this year knowing that I wouldn't be waking up in my childhood home on Christmas, but in our new home. We're also hoping that things will become a little easier and not as chaotic.

Next year we're going to start a new tradition that the Saturday after Christmas is going to be our day to exchange and spend time with our parents. They're going to come over for dinner and we'll exchange gifts then. We're going to just enjoy Christmas morning together at our new place and then go to see our families without feeling so pressured and overwhelmed speeding through everything. I want the time I spend with my family on Christmas to be actually hanging out not just ripping open gifts so we can get to the next place on time. I'm looking forward to it!

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I am soooo looking forward to having a non chaotic Christmas with out the running around to everyone, to each place.

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Posted by MrsDtoBe

I definitely think it will be. It was a bittersweet feeling this year knowing that I wouldn't be waking up in my childhood home on Christmas, but in our new home. We're also hoping that things will become a little easier and not as chaotic.

Next year we're going to start a new tradition that the Saturday after Christmas is going to be our day to exchange and spend time with our parents. They're going to come over for dinner and we'll exchange gifts then. We're going to just enjoy Christmas morning together at our new place and then go to see our families without feeling so pressured and overwhelmed speeding through everything. I want the time I spend with my family on Christmas to be actually hanging out not just ripping open gifts so we can get to the next place on time. I'm looking forward to it!

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That's a great idea!! I don't want ours to be rush rush either.

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Posted by bridejackson22

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Posted by coffeeisgreen

You threw me for a loop with the date haha I thought someone answered an old question.

We were just talking about this though. It will be a little different in the sense of where we wake up since we don't have our own place yet. I think it will really feel different once kids come in the picture.

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Sorry about that quick fingers since I am posting from work lol.

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Haha no worries

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I feel like such an old lady, lol. FH and I did everything backwards. We had a child first, then we bought a house, now we're getting married. We've lived together for nearly 8 years, so we already have a lot of our own traditions. When we bought our house last year we definitely made some new ones. I'm hoping next Christmas, since the wedding will be over, (and hopefully FMIL won't be living with us anymore) it will just be quiet with just the three of us.

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it will definitely be a little different for a few reasons.
-we will have our own home soon, so it will be nice to have our own tree and open presents just the two of us at our home:)
-my FH's parents are putting their home up for sale in a few months and officially moving to Florida, so it will be weird not to go to their house and open gifts next year
-my sister has her own home and they are planning for a family, so hopefully if they get pregnant in the next couple of months, we will have a new addition to our family. It will be my first niece/nephew, and my parents first grandchild, so that would definitely change things at christmas time next year, but in a good way!

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Yes it will definattly be different. It was a bit sad yesterday like said previously - waking up at my parents house and doing Christmas and cagne breakfast knowing that next year will be different. My fh and I will be in Canada in our own house and I won't see my parents until sometime that week after Christmas.

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Hard to say, FH and I started doing christmases together since our engagement in 2011, and this included being away from our families since they are 5 hours apart. So I don't really think it will feel very different, just a bit more special since it will be our first married christmas!

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FH and I have been living together for 4 years now and I think that things will pretty much stay the same with regards to holiday celebrations. FH and I live only a few minutes away from his parents in Mineola, but the vast majority of my family is in CT. What we've been doing for the past few years is alternating which family 'gets us' for Christmas Eve....since thats the bigger day for both of our families. The family that doesn't have us on Christmas Eve gets us on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
For now, that works. But, when there is a baby in the picture, I would really like for the in-laws to maybe do some of these big holidays together. Less traveling for us with a little one - and more time spent with loved ones.

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I'm thinking it will most likely be the same. We've lived together now for the past 2 Christmas' I'm hoping to maybe be preggers by next Xmas so that will def be different!! We'll see!

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Posted by MrsDtoBe

I definitely think it will be. It was a bittersweet feeling this year knowing that I wouldn't be waking up in my childhood home on Christmas, but in our new home.

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This EXACTLY!

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I moved in with FH right after we got engaged in 2011 so this was our third year as well of our Christmas routine.. Chritmas eve we go to his Fathers Families house. His aunt is Italian so he has done this for Chritmas eve since he was born! This year though we went to another Aunt and Uncle's house on the way home and got to spend some time with his cousins that I have gotten close to that was very cool, first time we got to do that!
Christmas Morning we go over to his ' Baby Mama's' (for lack of better reference HA!) for breakfast and see what Santa brought his daughter. His mother and sister come as well. This year my parents were invited but since my mom is crazed Christmas morning cooking for the day they didnt make it. After Breakfast we went to my parents house where we spend the rest of the day.
Maybe not next year but when we finally upgrade to a bigger apt I really would like to host Christmas dinner. Right now his mom has steady plans of going to her Finace's son's house but his sister and father and his wife really dont do anything special so it will be nice to eventually host my parents/brother/uncle and his father/step mom/sister.. We shall see what the future hold:) but until then I think our tradition is pretty much set.

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I think the same but who knows