That is us. We are celebrating Christmas tomorrow because my niece decided there is too much running around on Christmas Day. My wife has been livid all day while wrapping gifts and cooking. She finally let it out with a “Why are we doing this for them?” “They should be made to suffer like we did with our kids.” lol

To top it off our anniversary is tomorrow and it has been put on hold to accommodate tomorrow’s Christmas. It’s going to epic tomorrow.

Why is a niece telling you what to do?

I would stick with anniversary tomorrow and Christmas on Christmas day the 25th.

Eh. We have Christmas on different days with different families too. Christmas day is for the family: me, wife, and our children. The other relatives get visited on different days. Just the way it is when people get married. Can't do it all in one day.

Look how kids are raised nowadays, the world revolves around them.

We do.One big happy family.All relatives invited.

After years of strife with my wife's siblings I told her they get one event a year, so choose wisely if you want me to go.

My three sisters sent an email out a few years back telling my brother and I that we were celebrating Christmas at a hotel two weeks before Christmas and to get pool side rooms reserved asap. I didn't respond. A few days later they asked on the texts if anyone had heard from me. My brother didn't answer as we had talked. A while later I sent, I'll be at Mom's on Christmas Eve starting at 3:00 pm as I have done since my birth. Have a Merry Christmas. Everyone showed up at Mom' for Christmas Eve and has continued to do so since. No problem. I am very traditional. LOL

Noone by me has the room or the time. Everyone is married and has their own thing going on too. It's great that you can do it. We can't. I'm sure many others can't either.

Stick to your guns.Very nicely done.

I like it

Agreed. She needs to pay her dues.

So much family drama at Christmas...And the holiday has become a commercial mockery of the true reason for celebrating it.

Opting out of the whole fiasco seems more sane...Color me "scrooge"

we used to run non stop Christmas and Thanksgiving. 2 grand parents on her side and mine then 2 more stops each at our parents both that have been divorced and why it was two stops each or an additional 4 stops. Also some places were over an hour apart. I absolutely hated Hollidays it was in no way enjoyable. So I get where thay are coming from. That said the old gard has died off and I would give anything to go back to those hectic Hollidays. to avoid the crazy is probably why I started working all the holidays so long ago.

So I'm split on they should run on your schedule to its great your making thing easier on others congratulations. It's ultimately up to you on how you chose to look at it and whether it's a good experience or negative. That part is 100% up to you.

I kinda agree with you.

lol.

You guys really care. Starting to sound like my wife.

we are doing Christmas tomorrow also .

it is crazy running around to do it on the 24 and 25th

we used to get one house on the 24th and the other on the 25th , we would put on hundreds of miles and be out of our house for 2-3 days

much easier to pick a day before or after and get together

my sister in laws family does the 25th they still run a bunch

Yeah, as kids we had to make the rounds to all the grandparents, later add in inlaws, lot of running around....Now, everyone is gone, kids in Texas, usually just my wife and I , except this year, Miss Daisy went to Texas for an extended visit, I'm here with the dogs relaxing, lol
I'll probably text merry christmas to a very short list of people I haven't fired....

Happy anniversary……..

I talked to a fella that had Xmas dinner with one kid, then got on a plane and flew to have Xmas supper with another kid
Too much.
Then there's the guy that's gonna run 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continents. I think he's trying to get attention but I'm not sure on that.

I reckon the real concern is not “the day” or tradition, perhaps this will be the beginning of a new tradition that will become old, but the absence of the character building that takes place during times of inconvenience, more especially when the “convenience” is not recognized as the “blessing” that it is.