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[quote=Anonymous]That does sound really frustrating and annoying.
My take is... I just think the holidays are sort of fake and for blood family. I don't care really about doing what I "want" on the holidays.

I don't think you will ever win this with your in laws. They will not relinquish the holidays and start coming to bdays or random dinners. It will be a sore point forever.

Plus, I think you have to think of whether your kids want to spend holidays with just you or with their grandparents. My mom HATED going to my grandma's house for christmas ever year, but I loved it. She had a huge fight with my grandma when I was a teen and we started spending holidays with just our family and it just made me feel isolated.

Plus, in your case, you're just driving 45 mins. You're not flying 5 hours and spending thousands of dollars and wasting all your time off. It's just one day.

I see the point about spending time with your "chosen friends and family." Do these people all get together only on Christmas morning/Christmas eve/whatever your in laws official celebration time is? Can you do another holiday thing with your friends some other time in december?[/quote]

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