https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 10:41:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409562 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:44:45 +0000 heffalump 409562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll go to an amusement park with my family, and then to Chinese for dinner. We're Jewish, so seeing family isn't super important.... but it's tradition that we do these things and really there's nothing else open to do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409556 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:40:08 +0000 daniellemybelle 409556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We alternate spending a few days around Christmas, and the day of, with our families. When we have a LO though, I am adamant that we will have Christmas at our house and our families can come visit if they want. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409279 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:49:50 +0000 Meridian 409279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We actually leave for a trip to Croatia with my family this Christmas Day! So we'll probably spend Christmas Eve with DH's family... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409250 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:34:51 +0000 Alivoo01 409250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My family always goes to Vegas for Christmas. Hubby and I travel elsewhere during that holiday because we're tired of going to Vegas since my family goes a minimum of 4 times a year since I was born!! So no, we don't see family during Christmas. We meet up prior to Christmas to exchange presents, then go do our own thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409162 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:45:06 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 409162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Nskillet: It's so crazy isn't it? That's great you've figured out a plan though! I've already warned that once we have kids we aren't making a 3 hour drive all the time. MIL almost fainted I think ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409136 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:31:34 +0000 Nskillet 409136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@adnama: I feel you girl! DH and I have divorced parents who are all remarried or practically married who all want to see us on the holidays. For years we ran around like lunatics! Then we got married and then pregnant so last year was out first holiday seeing inlaws Christmas Eve, his mom Xmas morning Andy mom Xmas dinner. This is our plan and we are sticking to it until DD is old enough we want to stay home and host! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409131 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:29:33 +0000 heartonastring 409131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do Christmas Eve with DH's family, and we rotate where we spend Christmas Day. This year we'll spend part of Christmas Day with my mum and then have Christmas dinner with my dad and stepmum's family. Boxing Day will be Christmas dinner with DH's family.</p> <p>Can't wait until Christmas (and the time off work that comes along with it)! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409127 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:27:07 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 409127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Yeah we do kind of the same, with my fam getting a bit screwed because they are divorced.. mainly my mom is the one getting screwed over and she is the one I'd rather spend time with/the one acting laid back about the whole thing! </p> <p>Yeah when we have kids I think we will stay at our house and invite everyone to come visit us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409120 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:24:55 +0000 Adira 409120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@adnama: Oh yikes! I'm glad my families don't live close to each other, so I can skip seeing half of them if I want to!</p> <p>My in-laws actually get kind of screwed with the way we do holidays too. I split everything straight down the middle so Hubs family gets 50% of the time and my family gets 50% of the time. But Hubs parents are divorced, so that really means his dad gets 25% of the time and his mom gets 25% of the time, while both my parents get 50%! But I figure it's not fair to my family to split things 3-ways, just because they are still together and Hubs parents aren't!</p> <p>You may continue to have issues, but if/when you have kids, you could always use the baby as an excuse: "It's just too stressful for the baby to do so much traveling between places in one day..." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409108 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:19:15 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 409108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Yeah we are going to have to try to find a better arrangement! Everyone lives within 5 mins from each other, but DH and I live 3 hours away. So when we do come visit, everyone wants their own time and it's crazy about getting it. </p> <p>The annoying part about MIL is that she requires us all to be there at some point in the day, with her parents, for presents. Even though we all come over later (with my parents and SILs parents) that isn't good enough. She needs her own special time, but doesn't understand that if she wants her own time, I want to have time with my parents too! GAH!</p> <p>This is our 10th cmas together for DH and I (1st once since we've been married) and it will be the first time we are putting our foot down and sleeping in the same bed and having dinner together. Every year before this DH (then FI or BF) had stayed at his parents house for dinner, and woken up there on cmas morning, while I've been at my dads.</p> <p>I think next year we should go away some where! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409104 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:16:54 +0000 Foodnerd81 409104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our families live on opposite coasts, so it's definitely a one or the other thing, but we have always gone to see family for Christmas. This year we are spending it with DH's mom and brothers, which will be extra fun since we will tell them that I'm pregnant then. They are on the west coast, so we'll fly out and stay about a week. We alternate with my side, but I agreed to do more Christmases with his since we see mine more through out the year.<br /> Once we have a baby, though, who knows. I don't see anyone coming to us, especially while we are still in an apartment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409090 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:13:07 +0000 Springtime 409090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! We usually see both sets of parents! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409087 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:12:01 +0000 Smurfette 409087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, we do both! My extended family gets together on Christmas Eve. Since it is at my parent's house, we stay there and do Christmas morning with parents, grandma, siblings, and nephews. Then have breakfast. Then we drive 4 hours south to DH's family. Then stay a day or two, depending on if we have time off work. This year we both took the rest of the week off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409077 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:08:41 +0000 chopsuey 409077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not for the last few years.. :(<br /> Mom will be here this year though :)<br /> And we'll fly to ca for Christmas/new year's next year </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409065 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:04:31 +0000 Ra 409065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not usually. We spend Christmas Eve with my family and usually the Saturday after Christmas with his. We always celebrate "Jewish Christmas" with DH's two best friends and go out for Chinese food and a movie. I'm not sure if that will fly once the baby comes though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409064 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:04:27 +0000 prettylizy 409064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep!!!! Everyone is coming to our house Christmas morning for breakfast and we'll have dinner with a family (Not sur which side yet) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409060 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:01:14 +0000 tororojo 409060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually go to see at least 2 sets of family on Christmas Day. I'm hoping to change that next year since we'll want to spend the morning at home with our LO! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409047 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:58:04 +0000 DillonLion 409047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We spend it out of town at my in laws. I'm Jewish so it isn't a day we celebrate in my fam </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409043 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:56:48 +0000 Adira 409043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@adnama: Ugh, that sucks! Do all your family live close to each other?? Ours are all an hour apart, so I declared it's too much driving to try to see more than one set of family a day. Maybe after this year, you should tell your families that it's just too stressful to try to visit everyone in one day, so next year, you're going to start alternating between your side and DH's side. Maybe start with DH's side since it's your MIL that would apparently freak out. Then just say that the following year, you'll have to see them on a different day or the weekend or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409019 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:46:02 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 409019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes.. we see everyone. If we didn't MIL would apparently *die*. So stressful. We start at my dads, then ILs then my moms, then my grandmas then back to ILs for drinks. Such a busy day, and no one seems to appreciate all the running around DH and I do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409018 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:45:12 +0000 mamabolt 409018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have Christmas Eve and Day off this year, and have to work the rest of the week, but we are traveling to my parents for both days, MIL is coming with us. I think going forward we will spend Christmas Eve at our own house every year, and then travel somewhere for Christmas day, or host family here. In other years I'll likely save some of my vacation time to use around Christmas too, but it all got eaten up by maternity leave this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409016 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:44:35 +0000 autumnlove 409016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't seen my side of the family on Christmas for a few years. Last year I was on baby watch and we just stayed home. We are spending Christmas with my in laws this year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409010 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:42:07 +0000 Adira 409010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been really fortunate that I have the week of Christmas off (although that's changing next year) and Hubs is able to take the week off as well, so we always see family on Christmas. We alternate each year between his family and mine, so this year we'll be seeing his mom the weekend before, his dad the day of, and my family the weekend after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-see-family-on-christmas-day#post-409001 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:36:41 +0000 mediagirl 409001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going to spend the weekend before Christmas with my parents this year. I have to work Christmas week (other than Christmas day) so we won't be traveling and will have Christmas Day with just the three of us. </p> <p>Will you see family on Christmas Day? Do you go to them or do they come to you? </p>