When did you stop going to your parents for Xmas?

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How old were you and why did you stop?

We took it in turns from my being about 25. From 16-21 my parents went abroad, so I spent it with my partner's family.

Now we all go abroad: us, parents and in laws.

I am 40 and will be spending Xmas with my parents, husband, kid, sister, brother in law and niece and nephew as usual. Xmas is a time for family imo. We do all the in laws the weekend before Xmas and my lot on Xmas day / box day. We do live close so sleep at home Xmas eve, lo does Santa presents at home and we pop over my mums mid morning. We stag the night so we drink 🍹

I was 21, it was when I met my bastard of an XH. That was 14 years ago, although my parents have been to us (me and DP not XH) a couple of times, and Dad will come this year since Mum died in June and I don’t want him to be alone at Christmas.

I stopped when ds1 was born, but we visit every Christmas morning, then go home for dinner.

I meant because we want Dad to come, not that we feel we have to!

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I'm 38 and have only spent one Christmas without my parents. DH, DS and I go every year. DSS used to come too until he left home at 18. My nan and sister are always there too, as was my great aunt until she died.

Year I got engaged, me and now DH spent it on our own. Carried on till we started our own family, then my parents started coming to us.

I havent yet... But some years they do come to us instead!

When I had my own home.

I'm 46 and I still go. All long term partners have been informed that I go to my mums for Christmas, I haven't had any arguments.

Think I was 22 and because my mother is a narcissistic, evil witch.

Never. I would hate to not be with my parent (Just dad now) and sister. DPs family never get together on xmas day, they do their own things so it works well. We see my family xmas day and his at some point over xmas.

My parents live in the US. They moved there 35 years ago. I moved back to England when I was 17. I have been back twice and they have been here once at Christmas since then.

It works for us!

I am 40+ and still spend it with my parents, with DP and kids in tow. We live close enough to go mid morning, have lunch and spend the afternoon then we come home around 7pm to watch a film

My parents like to host but we take some of the food over which works well for us.

Last couple of years we stopped going to them and now they come to us. Makes sense as we have cows to milk either end of the day and makes it loads easier to just roll back in the house rather than come in, get ready and drive 40 mins away. Plus we have plenty of space for everyone to stay so it works well for us. We were 24 and 30 when they started coming to us!

Never. We always go to my parents, we're mid 30's.

Never so far...and I never want to! (I'm 31) Every year all the family go over to my mums, except ones who live abroad, usally about 15-20 of us and I LOVE it

I'm 34 and still spend Christmas with my mum. DP's parents prefer New Year anyway so we spend that with them.

DH and I are mid-30s and still go to parents' houses for Christmas. My brothers also go to my parents' house every Christmas. We like to spend the season with extended family, and our house isn't big enough to accommodate visitors easily. Christmas at home with just DH, DD and I would feel strange!

When I was 28 and married. My parents live 5 hours away and my ex doesn't like staying at other people's houses so we never went.

I don't like Christmas anyway

I'm in my 40s and go some years. I like it.

I was 20 the first year I didn't have Christmas with my mum at the family home (I went to my dads), then 21 when I was with neither parent. I'd started a job after Christmas leave had already been allocated so couldn't get home and back in time. It was my first Christmas on my own and I enjoyed it. I now spend Christmas alone by choice.

Since then I've gone to my dads a couple of times, my mums three or four times, friends a couple of times and alone a few times.

28 as my second ds was 2 and hard work so stayed at home and loved it ever since lol

Last year was the first time, I'm 36. I basically stopped when I had a child. It's 4 hours away and I wanted to start my own family traditions.