If you had 2 Christmases as a teenager, were you excited by the second one?

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Thinking of situation where divorced parents alternate xmas/new year rather than splitting Xmas day or Xmas day/boxing day.

Was the second Xmas a full-on repeat of actual Xmas day with stockings, turkey, crackers etc or was it just a case of opening presents when you got back without much fanfare?

If the second one was a repeat of actual xmas day was it special or was it more that you felt you had to do it to keep that parent happy?

What would have been your preference? Did that differ once you were a teenager?

We did Christmas with one, New Year with the other, so no repeat of activity

@theduchessofspork so you didn't have any kind of celebration at new year? How did you feel about that?

IME two Christmases is one of the advantages of having divorced parents. Especially for teenagers when you don't have to explain Santa visiting two houses, how he'll know where to go etc. I loved two xmases at the time! Two special meals, present opening spread out over a couple of days etc. especially if you have a Disney dad trying to make up for the rest of the year 🙄

God my kids would love two Xmases wouldn’t most kids? Mine keep saying how said they are it’s over!

I did one with each parent, so one on Christmas day and then another on boxing day. I liked it because it made Christmas feel extra long!

Yes Xmas day with mum. Boxing Day was dad. It was brilliant.

For my DSS we used to ferry him around, alternate Xmas’s at mums and ours , however the parent he wasn’t with would get 2/3 hours with him on Xmas day morning to do presents, worked well for us and DSS liked being able to see both parents. When he was older we did spend a few Xmas dinners together as “blended” families at mother in laws, I wasn’t a fan but it wasn’t about me