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@Foodnerd81: That sounds like it will be really special for you and fun for your kids to get to play with their cousins. I think it's worth missing Christmas at home every few years to have those memories too. And you can still get your "Christmas" morning experience when you get back. Kids rarely complain about having to do Christmas again
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Have you looked into airbnb rather than staying with family? then you can kind of pretend you're home since you'd have your own space. We do airbnb a lot when visiting family and it's cheaper than hotels usually
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@nana87: I did actually and it is very slim pickings near my parents house! Plus I feel like my parents might be a little sad if we chose that. I’ve actually asked my parents if the girls could sleep over at their house and DH and I stay in the nearby hotel (free with points) for the two nights besides Christmas Eve that we would be there. We’d stay over so we can wake up withthem on Christmas but DH would get a reprieve from his allergies and we get a night away (after putting the kids to bed for my parents).
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Before kids, we traveled most years because we lived far from family. Although even then, we had a couple years when we just stayed home because we didn't feel like it. Now, we've moved very close to my family. We did still travel last year to see my ILs, but I think we'll likely stay home more often given that we'll have a second kid soon. This year my ILs are visiting at the beginning of December, so we plan to just stay here for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
ETA: In an ideal world, my ILs would always be the ones to come to us, because my husband and his only sibling both live here. Plus, my ILs travel a ton anyway, so they don't mind it. But for the time being, I can't imagine them spending a holiday away from my husband's 90-year-old grandfather, and he does not travel. So understandably, they try to be near him for holidays.
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