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Christmas plans

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Christmasfun2022 · 14/07/2022 12:39

Posting here for traffic as wasn’t sure where to put this topic! Those of you who are in the situation of having grandparents live far enough away where it’s not possible to go there and back in a day ie over 2 hours, and young kids (ours will be 1 and 4), what do you do over Christmas? So far we’ve always stayed at theirs or hosted loads of people for a week at ours - both of which I find stressful 😂. Now we have the kids the thought of loading kids, dogs, presents into the car to go to grandparents for a few days of stressful family gathering seems like too much. Would rather stay put, have local relatives over just for lunch, and meet up with them somewhere on Boxing Day or week between Xmas and new year. But I’m afraid of letting people down and breaking the status quo. So, others in this situation, what do you do?

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Christmasfun2022 · 14/07/2022 13:39

@mogtheexcellent iys funny I’ve now been googling the best pantomimes and Santa trains and amazed how quickly some slots are sold out, better get planning! Missed out on it all last year due to being bedridden so want to do it all this year haha

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StoneofDestiny · 14/07/2022 14:20

Nothing will budge me from my home on Christmas Day - children visit and stay, that's it!
I'll see people Christmas Eve, Boxing Day for buffet lunch thingy or New Year. Can't be doing with hassle or mass catering - just want a relaxed Christmas and no need to drive.

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