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12-02-2009, 03:20 PM | #2 |
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FWIW......we only do family shit on the days OTHER than Christmas.
My family gets Christmas Eve. We do our own thing Christmas day. Her family gets the day after Christmas. |
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12-02-2009, 03:24 PM | #3 |
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We've always had our kids and grandkids come over on Christmas but have toyed with the idea of just making the rounds at their homes. We have 5 kids with one out of town (in Afganistan) but the rest will be in town this year so we may start a new tradition. Besides, it's cheaper because we always throw a big shindig and have to buy about $300 worth of food. Let them do it for a change.
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12-02-2009, 03:40 PM | #4 |
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12-02-2009, 04:06 PM | #5 |
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The wife and I travel either half way across the country or 3/4 of the way across the country for Christmas every year. Every January I inform my wife that this is the year we tell those f'ers (who aren't toting infants and/or toddlers and paying $200-$400/ticket) that planes fly east. I've seen'em do it, I guaran f'ing tee you can come this a way for once and every Christmas I'm biting my tongue and boarding a f'ing flight loaded on Xanax. Frick on a stick with a brick. They're all retiring I'm eking out a living in a shitty job market and we're the ones shelling out for the flight? F'ers.
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12-02-2009, 04:10 PM | #6 |
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Had the same issue. Every other year we would be on one side of the family's Christmas, the other sides the next year. Never to our own. We started having our own christmas at our house, just myself, the wife and son for about 4 years. Last year we went back to the parents because they are getting old, so the guilt got to us.
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12-02-2009, 04:13 PM | #7 |
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I get to travel from San Diego to Wichita to visit my (Vegetarian Peta nut) Mother-in-law and my (Let me tell you my WWII stories for the 100th time) Father-in-law for Christmas. I can't wait it is going to be so assume.
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12-02-2009, 04:15 PM | #8 |
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I feel it is about the family not the day.
We have had christmas day anywhere from thanksgiving to valentines day. We just have whenever it is convenient for everyone. Ang |
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