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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Odd years, you get Christmas Eve until noon on Christmas Day. Even years he gets Christmas Eve until noon on Christmas Day.

Do the same for her birthday.

Can’t believe you did not put this in the custody agreement. [/quote]

From the perspective of the child of divorced parents, I would try not to do this unless you really have to. It’s easier on the child if there are traditions she gets to participate in every year. So every year Christmas Eve is with mom and Christmas morning is with Dad or whatever. Then she can have traditions. But if she’s at each house only every other year, then she doesn’t get to participate in any traditions every year. This might be especially important to your daughter since she has half siblings at her dad’s house. It doesn’t matter to the kids if Thanksgiving number two is on Friday. That only matters to the adults. It doesn’t matter to the kids if one of the Christmases is on Christmas Eve. But make it the same every year for her.[/quote]

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