Alternatives to the "normal" Christmas

[MiniMum97]

Anyone have any suggestions for how my DH and I could spend Christmas this year?

I am refusing to "do Christmas" at mine any low as it's stressful and time go dummy and expensive and the lady one I did was fucking miserable due to pain in the arse relatives. And my DS is all grown now so having loved Christmas it's not so much fun any more.

We have been to a spa one year a few years ago and that was amazing but am thinking something different for this year.

Anyone have any suggestions for an alternative Christmas Day/period? Anything you have done that you have loved?

Thank you!

Book yourself into a lovely hotel for a couple of days, or go abroad for Christmas where it will be nice and warm so completely different? Depends on your budget and numbers I suppose, but if you stay home, why not go out to eat at a restaurant on Christmas Day? Saves any shopping/stress of cooking and probably a fair amount of cash too so you could then do something different Boxing Day e.g panto/theatre/races?

Oh just reread this! Sorry for the typos, it should read:
"I am refusing to "do Christmas" at mine as it's stressful, time consuming and expensive and the last one I did was fucking miserable due to pain in the arse relatives. And my DS is all grown now, so having loved Christmas in the past, it's not so much fun any more."
Thanks for the hotel suggestion @Rubyroo73. Am wondering whether anyone has done anything more unusual that worked well when just the two of us?

holliday somewhere sunny?
log cabin in switzerland?

pj day, picky food and old films?

church, go out for lunch an drinks?

invtie all the single/lonely people over for drinking games and nibbles?

help out at a soup kitchen or similar (our village hall hosts lunch for anyone elderly/on thier own)