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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to juggle two families and locations on one holiday, go for it.  Don't presume to speak for someone else who may not feel up for that.  Holidays can be exhausting as it is without all that rushing around.  And two Thanksgiving meals in one day is just nuts.  If your parents are that upset about not seeing kids/grandkids for one freaking day when they live within a thirty minute drive and can see them any other day, they can suck it up and learn to get along with your husband's parents.[/quote]

I agree.  Both our families were local until recently and we alternated holidays.   TG with his family, Xmas with mine one year; next year the reverse.  And both sets of parents always insisted on reminding us that they were flexible and did not mind if we didn't keep to so me rigidly even schedule, which was awesome of them.  To me, I would rather spend a nice relaxed full day with one family and then do the same with the other side for the next holiday rather than feeling like I got two half-assed visits in in one day.  I feel like we really need that longer time period for it to feel like quality time to us because of our dispositions.  Others would rather see as many people as possible on the day of the holiday, and that's great for them, so that's what they should do, but this is what works for us.  So OP, keep doing what works for your family, but try to understand that someone else doing something different doesn't mean they are less dedicated, just that they have a different way of approaching quality time with family.  [/quote]

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