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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this is up to your husband to handle, it's his mother.

If it's (understandably) not a battle he wants to fight with his mother, leave it be.  But if you want to undermine your relationship with your MIL by hurting her feelings over something that isn't really that big of a deal, go for it.  [/quote]

I actually think this is probably one of a bunch of things that MIL imposes on OP's family around the holidays, and it's the battle she's picked.

Sounds like MIL is hosting Christmas (if she weren't, OP would have other ways to reduce the number of gifts). And that's probably the real issue -- OP would like to be more in charge of her kids' Christmas experience, but since MIL hosts she gets very little say, especially since her DH just defers to his mom on everything.

I have this issue to some extent with my own mom, but since we don't do Christmas at her house, I don't find it that stressful to deal with because I have other ways to ensure that our Christmases reflect our values that we want to pass onto our kids. Grandma sometimes does other stuff, but that's just Grandma doing Grandma stuff. Overall the holiday belongs to us.

I sense OP's holiday belongs to her MIL, and that's the heart of the issue.[/quote]

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