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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We adhere to the tradition of the 12 days of Christmas. Short visit to include Christmas Day for ILs. Later we have our own Christmas. It’s allowed me to reset my mentality that it’s a season not a day. I think it helps that we are Catholic, and incorporate elements of the liturgical season. I’m praying someone else in the family has kids, so ILs can obsess over tbem.

Can you go to them for Christmas? I ask because that allows you to control the length of time of the visit.[/quote]

Ha! This is what we did once we had kids too!

It started when my toddler was getting stressed over opening presents because she wanted to play with the first one she got. Then it became a way for each person to choose their own special Christmas activity for the family (parents and grandparents too!)

Now I truly love it. It takes the pressure off doing everything in one day. The kids get really into planning what we do on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. day. We have kings cake on January 6th and take down our Christmas tree and decorations. [/quote]

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