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[quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier about them not wanting to come, so seems I was wrong there.  For us, what we do is have Christmas Eve and morning just us (well also the IL's and my sis, but no other kids).  We go to Mass, and have dinner waiting when we get home (I am a choir director, so we have to prepare food in advance).  Then we hang till bedtime.  Christmas morning, it is the same crew, very low key, since mine are the only children.  Then, generally, we will get together with other friends (who are like family) and my cousin who also has 3 children like me.  Sometimes I host, sometimes my cousin.  This year, she hosted us for Thanksgiving, so we will host for Christmas.  Like the discrepency between your house and your brothers, we have a similar one (ours is quite a bit bigger, burbs vs. city).  It was chaotic on Thanksgiving at their house, but as a pp said, we just shipped the kids outside, and eventually put on a movie.

I totally agree your husband has to have a say.  I will say, I love having a peaceful Christmas eve, and Christmas morning.  I also love having cousin's come over later in the day.  It is easy for me to say this though, since the youngest of our crew are both 4 :)

Are you and your brother the only family members you each have here?

You need to chat with dh about what you  both want.  Come up with a solution that you can agree on, and tell your brother this is the plan for this year.[/quote]

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