DH grew up with some Christmasses with just him, his brother and parents and he would like to do the same some years for us. I didn't do this and neither did my parents when they were growing up - we are all used to big extended family occasions.h
This year DH's parents want a quiet christmas and dh thinks it might be a good opportunity for just the five of us to celebrate together. (DS age 7, DDs age 5 and 0)
To add to the complication I am an only child as my dsis died in her 20s.
Writing this all down I just can't see how I could put it to my parents that we want to spend Christmas day without them without causing massive offence. On the other hand It feels a bit mean that we can never do Christmas the way dh would like to do it based on his happy childhood memories.
Anyone else had this sort of situation and what did you do?
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Those of you that have Chrismas with just your dp and dc - how do you put it to your parents?
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Nettee · 05/11/2012 15:09
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