Sorry yes it is an xmas thread in JUly!!
We finally had xmas in our home last year for the first time in 16 years. I told mil this in the summer for various reasons mainly because I knew she would not be happy and would try and manipulate the situation.
As it turned out mil had an accident just before xmas and wouldnt have been able to "do" xmas at her house anyway so that sort of diffused the situation a bit.
However this year I know she is going to emotionally blackmail us with the fact that she didnt get to "do" xmas last year and I can foresee it is going to be a big problem.
So would I BU to preempt this by making it clear now that we will be spending xmas at home again this year?....