What does everyone else do

[Downsouth123]

Myself and partner have 2 year old and 8 year old DSS, we don't have dss at Christmas so usually do his presents on the visit that falls after. We don't want to do Christmas early and ruin the magic for resident child. We never have dss on Christmas day. Just wondered what everyone else does?

Alternative Christmas and NY (so both parents get to enjoy Christmas Day with the kids). It’s court ordered (mother would never have agreed to it).

We're never allowed my DP DC on Christmas day but we have them on Boxing Day and give them the presents then. DP used to go see DC on the morning of Christmas day but his ex has started to cause issues so we have just decided to stick to Boxing day.

My OH good round to see the kids for an hour Christmas morning and has four the last few years. I don't know how long that will last for though

We have my SS this year for the first time. Can't wait 😊

My DP and MIL spend Christmas morning at his daughters house so they can see her open all her presents.

This means that I get to cook the Christmas dinner and lay the table in peace. Our sons open their stockings at the crack of dawn so are happy to spend the morning playing with what Santa got them. We do the other presents after dinner.

DSD and her Mum then go to the other Grandparents for the rest of the day. DSD is 16 though and likes a lie in, even on Christmas morning.

I have always had my dc Xmas eve, Xmas morning & give them dinner. They then spend Xmas evening & Boxing Day at their dad's - his family eat later if he's hosting & if not it leaves him, dw & their dc free to have Xmas dinner with her parents.
Has worked for us all for the last 10 years.

They all come to ours including ex, been like that for years. They are grown up now and bring g and bf. It works.

I used to have Xmas Eve and Xmas day, and XH had boxing day. He was always invited to pop in for an hour Xmas day morning to see the DCs and I would stay out of the way. He was pretty hands off the rest of the year, he saw them consistently, but he chose that this was only for a couple of hours once a week with no overnights. Because of this I felt under no obligation to give him Christmas day.

We’ve got DSD11 on Boxing Day so we’ll do our Christmas with DD2 on Christmas Day in the way we want to do and then have a second family celebration on Boxing Day. I’ll save some of DDs presents so she has some to open and Father Christmas will have left DSD some presents that she “finds” in her room. She knows that he’s not real now which makes it slightly easier but we’ve always done it that he visits and “we didn’t know” until she finds the presents