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[quote=Anonymous][quote]For the PP who keeps complaining about not having enough time to see her extended family, can you explain why a week is not enough? And why is it so traumatizing for you to get your kids back to school not one, but two days after Easter? [/quote]

You've probably never flown across the country with small kids. The return direct flight is 5.5 to 6 hours, at least an 1 -1.5 hours hour to get off the plane, get baggage, catch the shuttle to your car, 1 hour to drive home and then you have a 3 hour time change.   For an early afternoon flight we easily end up rolling in the door around 1 am. My kids are incredibly well behaved on flights but they don't sleep. There are not as many flights as there used to be and you can't just choose a time to depart. We end up lucky of we can find an early flight. The early morning ones are much more expensive and book fast. They also involve getting the kids up at 3:30 am in order to get to the airport, return the rental car etc. My first grader does not do well going to bed at 1-2 am and then getting up for school the next morning if she is on east coast time. Throw in the fact that they have adjusted to west coast time and they are toast.

I have friends who have family up in New England and they make the drive. They run into the same problem of getting in super late because the traffic the day after a holiday is terrible. Their kids may not have the time change on top of it but they are just as exhausted.

The half day on Wednesday before Thanksgiving virtually guarantees that half the school will be out that day. Wednesday is a terrible travel day and taking a red eye Wednesday night to make it to Thanksgiving the next day isn't practical with kids. If the schools would just give 2-3 days off before and after holidays then anyone could travel to see family. [/quote]

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