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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I and our kids (tween and teen) live with his parents.  We moved in for pandemic related reasons, and then stayed, in part because DH has developed a serious illness, which has caused permanent disability.  We are still adjusting to that.

DH's sibling used to live far away and came home with her kids every year for Christmas, staying with my in laws.  Of course last year was different due to the pandemic.  This year they moved back to the state, and live close by.  They have more kids than we do, and their kids are younger, including a young baby.

Last week I sat down with all of DH's parents and siblings and we made a plan for Christmas (DH is really not in a place to do this, due to illness).  We agreed that we'd each do Christmas morning at our own house, and then meet at another sibling's house in the afternoon to exchange gifts, play games and have a feast.  I like this plan.  DH's stamina is a huge issue, and he gets overwhelmed by kid chaos.  So, allowing him to focus on our kids in the morning makes sense to me. ..

compromise.  [/quote]

The facts are way beyond the thread title that could have been 1 sib living in the parents house:
-GPs own a 3 plus bedroom house.
-OP+DH have a tween and a teen. Do they have friends over at the GP house where they now live?  Their house is local to GP yet they moved in with the GP so 2-3 bedrooms at the GP are no longer available for guest family.  Why move in? Unknown.
-1 sib with a DW + 2 young children + now a baby used to stay over at GP house prior to moving locally. OP despite having a local residence also slept over there at Christmas.
-Unknown how many other sibs of the DH with spouses and adult children will be at any 2021 gathering or where they live.  All the DH sibs are likely wondering about the living situation of their parents.   On avoiding breakthrough infections it's easier to control exposure of younger kids than tweens or teens or young adults.

If I were the GP and all residences were local I'd have an early lite Christmas Eve dinner at my own house then go to the other house and sleep over to have early AM with the young children and breakfast.  Whole thing could be over and them back at their house before the tween and teen even roll out of bed.[/quote]

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