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I do because it's the only vacation I get! Plus, I want to introduce DS to traveling and show him the world! Corny, I know. But I really do look forward to traveling with him and showing him different things.

I can't say I love the travelling part, but it's definitely worth it to me to spend the holidays with loved ones! We'll be travelling to my parents for Thanksgiving this year, but will be on our own for Christmas because I'll be 7 months pregnant and just would rather play it safe at that point. But I am SOOOO excited for Thanksgiving!!

It's kind of exhausting now that we have a dog and a LO. My inlaws live five hours away and the dog gets carsick, so we have to make a lot of stops just to make sure she's okay.

I like being with family for the holidays. I hate actually travelling around the holidays- if you drive there is so much traffic and you have to plan around peak traffic times and now nap times; If you fly it cost a zillion dollars, plains are packed, airports are full of people who fly a couple of times a year and don't know the ins and outs of security, not to mention all the families (haha, us, now) who take longer... BUT it's worth it because I do love spending time with family over the holidays so I try to stop being grumpy about it by the time we land.

I do really want to eventually wake up for some holiday in my own home with my baby, but I don't know when it will happen since my family is a 4-5 hour drive (without traffic) and the ILs are mostly across the country.

LOL I wouldn't say I like the travel aspect of it. But I certainly don't mind it because it's important for us to spend holidays with our family. And my family lives 6-7 hours away so we go once during the holiday season. But like you the main reason is for our niece and nephews!

I don’t mind traveling on the holidays; DH’s parents are divorced and (until very recently) lived on the opposite coast from us, so we always had to travel, so I’ve just gotten used to it. Last year we flew ON Christmas and it was actually really, really nice. No huge crowds, everyone was chiller than usual and in better moods than usual and the plane wasn’t 100% jam packed full. We aren’t religious, so it doesn’t really matter if we celebrate Christmas a day early or late or whatever, and LO is still too young to notice if it’s off a day or two.

I used to love it, but it's harder now. I really don't like traveling on the actual holiday, which means we usually stay home for Christmas and have our families over.

We lived far away and had to travel for years for holidays. We are about to move again and won't have to fly on holidays anymore and I'm excited about that! But I loved flying home to celebrate. Especially when we lived in Chicago - being in the airport at Christmas always reminded me of Home Alone. Plus, I always loved how cheerful everyone was when they were going home for the holidays.

The only issue I ever had was going back after the holiday during the time we were living in a place I didn't love living in! But that won't be an issue anymore since we are leaving here soon!!!