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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems so overblown by everyone. SIL had no idea what she will really do for the next 10 years. [b]She could have just mentioned “we may travel next year.” [/b]Grandma can see the kids at other times. You can do Xmas on a different day.

This is sort of funny to me, because I just told my MIL on Xmas day that we will be traveling for Easter so I plan to host Easter at our house the weekend before. I wonder if some family member is posting about how horrible I am?? I doubt it, because none of us are wackadoodle.[/quote]

The op was explicit that SIL said this was the last Christmas because they would be vacationing next year and in the future moving for are.  I’m not sure why people are inventing other conversations when that’s what the op is reporting was said.  She was the one who was actually there.  [/quote]

Yes, I’m saying SIL made this overblown assuming an accurate narrator. SIL could have dialed back the dramatics, because she has no idea what might happen. But I also think OP is making this overblown as well. [b]Grandma has lots of ways to see her grandkids.[/b][/quote]

And they have 364 days out of the year to take vacations. :roll: Grandma does not actually have lots of ways to see all of her kids and grandkids together. She has literally one time of year that happens. Christmas or Christmas Eve. That’s it. And maybe Christmas doesn’t mean anything to you non-Christians but it means a great deal to my devout mother.[/quote]

Same poster. My family is actually pretty religious. We go to church on Wednesdays and Sundays. We will still be flying back from London for Easter in 2024. We are prioritizing my husband singing in the Easter cantata, which is the weekend before Easter and when I’ve told my ILs I’m happy to host. The reality is that kids have limited breaks from school. This isn’t about “who is the best Christian.” And really, the multiple families could prioritize getting together some other time when it is easier to travel. Life will go on.[/quote]

I don’t know why you (and others?) assumed they spend Easter with my mother. They don’t. They spend Easter with SIL’s family.[/quote]

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