If I have my mom and dad, who are both remarried, living near by and my husband has his mother who is remarried and lives next door and his father who is remarried who lives 2 states away................... how in the world do we split the holiday season amungst them all? Rotate year after year? I want the kids HOME on Christmas day to open their presents. I need some advice on this before me and my husband start going at each other's throats this year.
2006-10-08 04:22:40 · 5 answers · asked by Help Me Help You 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
your father in law lives fartherst away so visit him when the weather is the nicest such as easter or thanksgiving and explain that it's do to weather and traveling with children. Christmas eve have your mom and mother in law to your house. And talk to your dad about celebarating christmas with him on new years eve.Surely if you explain how stressful this all is they will understand and besides you do have children to think of here and you don't need to be running in circles. Everything will work out try not to stress as had as it may sound. Talk to the family about it.
2006-10-08 06:27:08 · answer #1 · answered by wendy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sit down and work it out with your husband. You should both be able to compremise in working it out. Then work it out among the fathers and mothers. Not your faults that they are the ones that screwed up everything so I wouldn't let any negative remarks from any of them bother you. You've got a rough situation but you and your husband together hold the trump card. If they don't agree with what you both come up with, just tell them well we'll see you when we see you and let it go at that.
2006-10-08 04:33:48 · answer #2 · answered by AL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then stay home and invite everyone over to your house that gets along for Christmas Eve, and then the rest of them that get along for Christmas morning. For example, your mom and her new hubby, your husbands mom and her new hubby could come for Christmas Eve, then your Dad and new wife, and his Dad and new wife (fly them in and put him in a hotel)
2006-10-08 04:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take the three basic holidays into consideration. easter, thanksgiving, and christmas, Spend one with a family and alternate. as far as christmas is consernved, spend christmas eve with the family, stay till as late as you wish, go home and have a very merry christmas.
2006-10-08 05:35:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
spend christmas eve with one group.....then have YOUR christmas with your kids, christmas morning...then maybe lunch with another group and then dinner with the last...talk to all the other family and ask if they will be alright with this and who would like to host each...
or maybe you could have christmas morning with your kids and then cook lunch and have one group over at your house...and then go for dinner at another
or have 2 groups at your house....like the family that is closer to you and your husbands together...the go to your other familys house for christmas eve..or for dinner on christmas
2006-10-08 04:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by nicole 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋