Multiple "Christmas Mornings"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Christmas morning happens in your house, after your kids sleep in their own beds. If your parents want to be there to participate, that's great, but Santa only makes one stop per kid. Their choice.

This. I laid this out while I was pregnant to level expectations and stuck with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The "Santa years" are sooo short!! My Ds is 6.5, and I see hints that there are rumblings from classmates that Santa might not be real. We've probably only got a couple more years of a truly magical Christmas morning. I'm not giving that up.

But going to Christmas somewhere other than home doesn't change the Santa magic. My twin 5 year olds have already asked how Santa will know where to find them. We're planning on writing him a letter this weekend that will tell him that we will be at Grandma and Grandpa's house and he'll bring their gifts there. My mother has said that they haven't been doing a Christmas tree the last few years, but she was so excited, she went out and bought a fancy new fake tree for her grandkids. And we'll do our regular traditions of cookies, milk and carrots at Grandma's house instead of home. The Santa magic will continue whether we are home or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Christmas morning happens in your house, after your kids sleep in their own beds. If your parents want to be there to participate, that's great, but Santa only makes one stop per kid. Their choice.

+1
How old are OPs parents (psychologically)? 10?

People never cease to amaze me.

My grandmother never even met her grandparents. She probably never even received Christmas presents her family was so poor. And wow, still, she got through life. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "Santa years" are sooo short!! My Ds is 6.5, and I see hints that there are rumblings from classmates that Santa might not be real. We've probably only got a couple more years of a truly magical Christmas morning. I'm not giving that up.

But going to Christmas somewhere other than home doesn't change the Santa magic. My twin 5 year olds have already asked how Santa will know where to find them. We're planning on writing him a letter this weekend that will tell him that we will be at Grandma and Grandpa's house and he'll bring their gifts there. My mother has said that they haven't been doing a Christmas tree the last few years, but she was so excited, she went out and bought a fancy new fake tree for her grandkids. And we'll do our regular traditions of cookies, milk and carrots at Grandma's house instead of home. The Santa magic will continue whether we are home or not.

+1

What will put a nail in the Santa coffin is having three separate "Christmas mornings" with gifts from Santa. But the idea that Santa can find you wherever you are--not much of a stretch.

[Anonymous]

No, OP, don't let your parent's selfishness make these decisions. Santa only comes to one house, end of story. It is not about your parents, it is about your kids. Sheesh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Christmas morning happens in your house, after your kids sleep in their own beds. If your parents want to be there to participate, that's great, but Santa only makes one stop per kid. Their choice.

Not for everyone, obviously. But doing 3 seems excessive. If you do this, I'd make it clear it was a one time thing- they are either going to have to be comfy travelling to you OR sucking it up and going to each other's home when you are visiting your parents area.

[Anonymous]

are the kids old enough to have some sort of opinion (e.g. Grandpa is fun but Grandma has a bunch of stuff that is breakable and is always yelling at us?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The "Santa years" are sooo short!! My Ds is 6.5, and I see hints that there are rumblings from classmates that Santa might not be real. We've probably only got a couple more years of a truly magical Christmas morning. I'm not giving that up.

But going to Christmas somewhere other than home doesn't change the Santa magic. My twin 5 year olds have already asked how Santa will know where to find them. We're planning on writing him a letter this weekend that will tell him that we will be at Grandma and Grandpa's house and he'll bring their gifts there. My mother has said that they haven't been doing a Christmas tree the last few years, but she was so excited, she went out and bought a fancy new fake tree for her grandkids. And we'll do our regular traditions of cookies, milk and carrots at Grandma's house instead of home. The Santa magic will continue whether we are home or not.

Agree that Santa can find you wherever you are on Christmas morning (he always found me a twin my GP's house!). But he only comes once a year!

[Anonymous]

Your parents are both being PITA's. Christmas morning happens at HOME. You're an adult with your own family, time to make your own Xmas traditions. You're crazy for even considering this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your parents are both being PITA's. Christmas morning happens at HOME. You're an adult with your own family, time to make your own Xmas traditions. You're crazy for even considering this

I think Xmas mornings should happen ONE place, but home is only important per family. Have local extended family , yup easy. But if you have to make the choice between home on xmas morning and not seeing extended family xmas day (ie- out of town family) its not silly to have it somewhere else. I'd rather 100times over that my kids get to have xmas day with their aunts and cousins and grandparents (who they are close to because we see each other throughout the year) than have them open gifts at home, doesn't make mine right or wrong. JMO