Sorry I know this one gets done to death so feel free to ignore.
We usually spend Christmas at home, just the four of us. But I've noticed when people ask what I'm doing and I tell them often they'll look at me like I've got two heads.
These are our reasons.
Mainly the dc want to stay at home, they enjoy it more and hate going out.
My parents aren't big on Christmas, they live in a small apartment and there's no space. They're also not bothered at all after 3dc and several grandchildren my mother is glad not to cook for lots of people so it suits everyone.
My mil is a great host and would love to have us, and some years we do go, but it's her Christmas iyswim, and on the whole the dc find it incredibly boring. In laws don't live close by so we'd have to travel. They are quite formal and not very child friendly, music playing so loud you can't speak, then we all have to sit in silence to watch the queens speech, then fil puts his tv on really loud and falls asleep. It's just not very enjoyable for us but I'm sure that they don't see it that way. Luckily they are laid back and understanding but I'm sure deep down they probably think we are weird for not going but they'd never say anything, we see them lots throughout the year pretty much every weekend.
We have a beautiful home of our own, we're great cooks and have nice presents for the dc, we don't want to leave all that on Christmas Day.
Neither set of parents want to come to us, in laws usually visit Christmas morning to see the dc open their presents.
I keep reading all these threads about people forced into visiting family and everyone hates it.
Does anyone else just do it their way?