As in: Christmas eve we go "here", Christmas day we go "here"
2006-11-28 07:08:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
Children (and adult children) of divorce...how do you spend it? And married adult children of divorce?
We do his family Christmas eve, just us and our child Christmas morning and my mom Christmas Day evening for dinner. Then go to my dad's over new years (lives in a different state). Is anyone else's holiday this hectic...family hectic?
2006-11-28 07:22:56 · update #1
Well on Dec. 23 we have lunch with my mom's family and dinner with my husband's fathers family then on Christmas eve we have lunch with my dad and dinner at my in-laws then Christmas morning we are at home for Santa with our kids and then off to lunch with my husbands mother's family. It is a long tiring weekend of too much food and to much driving.
2006-11-28 07:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by Ask Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since we live 6 hrs. away from family we stay home every year. Traveling with 7 kids is way too hard anyway. When we did live at home we would go to my husband's family on Xmas Eve and my parent's on Xmas Day...and if we couldn't make it for some reason my family was always very understanding. His family would always get mad and never understood. Two years in a row his grandma hung up the phone on me because I told her we couldn't afford the gift exchange. They wanted to do $20 per person...and with us having 5 kids at the time, plus my husband and I, amounts to $140. I very politely told her we couldn't afford it. So, in a way I enjoy being away during the holidays. We can do our own thing, and don't have to worry about keeping everyone else happy. We open presents of course, and make a huge meal. Santa gets milk and cookies, and even carrots for the reindeer. They usually make a big mess all over the house with them. The kids get a huge kick out of this. We have even sprinkled dry oatmeal and glitter around the yard, "reindeer food". Can't forget about telling the REAL story of Chistmas either. Merry Christmas!
2006-11-28 15:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by all 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every year I go with my sisters and their kids for Chinese food on Christmas Eve. We have an inflatable tree. Come Christmas everyone opens presents and then assembles at my house where they get more presents. We watch Jackie Chan action movies (preferably the older and badly dubbed ones) after we open presents. And then, since we live in LA and the kiddies don't get snow, I take them to the beach to build sand-castles instead of snowmen. Then we come back and eat the dinner my sisters and their husbands have mad.
2006-11-28 15:18:50 · answer #3 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for the last 9 years Church, read the Christmas Story, go to a Lodge Brothers house for Christmas meal and a gift exchange, a fantastic visit a ride to see lights, home then open other gifts watch television. now I've moved away don't know guess Church - read Christmas Story - open gifts ( if any ) - eat watch television - play music.
2006-11-28 15:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is my Christmas Eve schedule:
1.I wake up when ever my daughter cries.
2.I go to Mets(grocery store in New York) and buy food.
3.Play outside with baby.
4.Take baby to babysitter.
5.Go shop for last minute shopping
6.Pick up baby
7.Go to mothers house for dinner
8.Eat dinner
9.Go to bed
My Christmas schedule:
1.Wake up at about 7:00 a.m.
2.Open presents
3.Clean up wrapping of presents
4.Make breakfast/Get ready for parade
5.Go to parade
6.Go back home
7.Play with daughter and her presents
8. Call family
9.Make turkey
10.Eat dinner
11.Play with more presents
12.Go to sleep
MERRY CHRISTMAS
2006-11-28 19:58:40 · answer #5 · answered by mia19367 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have Christmas morning opening gifts routine wherever the little kids are, usually my sis's. We used to spend eve with his folks who had the Christmas vigil/church/feast/gifts and then hop in the car to mine for Christmas day breakfast/gifts/church.
2006-11-28 15:16:35 · answer #6 · answered by tryingmypatience 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wake up.... open presents
eat breakfast
tink and play and meddle with presents
eat candy
watch movies
play and tinker with the presents
go to our grandparents house for more presents and food
spend the rest of the day over there visiting with out relatives
2006-11-28 15:16:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eve we eat! day we get presents! both take place AT HOME. maybe xmas night we will go to a movie.
2006-11-28 15:16:10 · answer #8 · answered by jennytkd13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋