To go away for Christmas?

[aredrosegrewup]

To cut a long story short. DH and I both have strained relationships with our families and have very recently cut all contact with MIL (for legitimate reasons, won't get into detail). I work Christmas every other year and I am off this year. I have Xmas eve, day and boxing day off.

We've always said we will go away one year and this year seems like a good opportunity (A shit couple of years, including ongoing infertility etc...).

We have 3 dogs so would need to be in the UK. Any ideas of where to go? Will it be depressing? Please make the decision for me! 😂

Book somewhere where you can walk to a local venue for Xmas lunch/ dinner, be it hotel, restaurant or pub, put something nice on to wear. You can make a lovely breakfast. Maybe get some canopes in for the evening and some cold meats cheeses or dessert like chocolate log or sticky toffee pudding etc. As it’s not just the cooking, it’s also the buying, transporting, unpacking, washing up, clearing up etc. get some lovely stuff for the other two days too. Make it a real treat.

that’s the only way I’d do it,and I’d be happy to bring the provisions to make a lovely Xmas breakfast and some canopes and cheese board for the evening. Plus if it’s semi self catering you will have a lot of other stuff to bring, be it breakfasts, lunches, snacks, drinks, for the other two days. It just becomes a major ballache. Who wants to be cleaning the cooker on Xmas day as you’ve to leave the place pristine.

we will be on a sun lounger drinking cocktails but we also considered doing something in the uk, as we just fancied being away this year and doing something different.

We don’t have complex family dynamics, but have gone away twice (neither in the UK). They were my favourite pre-kid christmasses. I’m super keen to take the kids away for Xmas too - I think they’d love it!