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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 1 sister and we both live out of town from our parents, in different cities. Up until a few years ago we all had Christmas together with my parents. Then a few years ago my sister and her husband stopped coming. Originally I was told it was because they wanted to do their own Christmas at their own home. It has since come out that they just don't want to stay at my parents house while my family is there. (My parents house is small.) But no one told me this until recently. My sister (and maybe my mom but she won't really say) wants to start alternating who spends Christmas with my parents. I think we should all just cram in and be together - it's just a night or two.

But I'm starting to get the feeling (although it's not been said directly) that my sister is annoyed at me that I haven't offered to stay away from my parents for Christmas.

FWIW, my sister spends Christmas with her inlaws if she doesn't come to my moms. My inlaws are far and we don't see them for Christmas, so we'd just be the four of us (we have two kids) if we don't go to my moms. That would definitely make me feels sad. Should we just do it anyway? I just feel it's unfair because I'm fine with my sisters family being there - she's the one who doesn't want me to come.[/quote]

OP this is not hard.  This is about getting a hotel.  
And I'd just like to say that if you establish your own home as a Christmas base for your kids, the kids feel more secure about Christmas rather than being bounced around (I know that sounds weird, but I say this as someone who had both Christmas-at-home, then after my folks split up, Christmas here, and there, and everywhere)[/quote]

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