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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that she is missing out.  It sucks because there is not much you can do gives it would be impossible to do Christmas in her apartment if she has roommates.  Could you invite her to come for easter - another holiday where the kids get up to excitement.  Would you consider hosting Christmas at your house next year and inviting everyone to come to you?

I would not cave on the visits this year as you need time to do your own thing, but work with her to find a way to have her have some special time (that is done in a way that you are ok with)

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We go there for Xmas because she can not travel to us Xmas week (she has a position where she has to work on either Xmas or Xmas eve every year).
Easter and Thanksgiving we have offered and those would work out great for us. I do a lot for Easter, cook a big dinner, we do brunch and a hunt with the Easter Bunny at our country club and I decorate and dress the kids up so that would be the perfect opportunity for her to get to have that special holiday time with the kids. We usually do similar traditions like baking so it would be special holiday time with grandkids. She always does a friend trip over Easter and said she will not change it. It is frustrating for me, because I do feel we give her opportunities in these other holidays and it's not what she had in mind so she is dismissive of it.

FIL hires a Santa to come on xmas eve and she is always a part of that event which we do after we go out to dinner with her. I just feel like her expectations are way out of line because she doesn't have other grandkids and her feelings are basically always hurts.

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