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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We no longer do any holidays with the in-laws. They are alcoholics and after too many holidays that they suck the joy out of, I said enough. These are my holidays too, and I did not want to resent my husband for having such a messed up family, so we just see them other times of the year instead. Too many bad Christmas memories with them were piling up when the kids were little. You can not get your time back and you will hold it against your spouse. Holidays are too enjoy, not to dread![/quote]

Holidays with our folks were stressful too.  Not in exactly the same way, but it was kind of a pain to have to fly on the most crowded and expensive days, fit in a million visits with the people we hardly get to see, not have quality time with our folks because they're always prepping to host the big holiday get-together, and then having one side of the family get angry and drink too much when they inevitably get overtired and the other side a little too PDA with the new step parent.  I have good memories of holidays as a kid and want my little kid to be able to not equate holiday with extra long lines at airport security, exhaustion, bratty bullying cousins, and grouchy grandparents.

So we stay home and it's been FABULOUS! We get to do it our way - smaller and much lower key, but so darn sweet and relaxing.  To anyone who dreads "the holidays," I highly recommend it!  We appeased The Family by planning alternate winter visits "when they weren't so busy," and at least for us it turned out that they were a lot more fun to be with when they weren't so stressed out too. [/quote]

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