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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you can do it with nobody permanently emotionally scarred but don’t tell anyone you are doing it because it sounds pretty bad. If you do it, celebrate Christmas the week before you leave, make it a big deal, and then have the 25th be a normal day for your 5 yo. I’d also consider options like you go away with dh and leave both kids with the nanny ( maybe for a partial week) or you and your mom go for a few days (or a combo of both). [/quote]

Op here. Yeah I won’t be telling anyone that’s for sure, if we end up going.

We already blew our travel budget on this trip snd can’t afford to plan another one in its place.

Our flight isn’t until the evening of the 25th so we’d still have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day together up until the afternoon.

I guess another option is bring him and just hope we don’t get kicked off the plane but again, he is HUGE and looks much older than he is so I’m unsure that would work.

I already tried to make the trip a bit shorter so we’d be gone less time, but since it’s Christmas/New Years week the flights are super difficult to change at this point.[/quote]

I'd still move Christmas earlier. You want to disconnect them in your kids' mind, so Christmas was a nice family thing and the trip is totally separate. Put a few days between them and the kids won't associate one with the other. Plus, you will be packing and stressed about leaving on the 25th and it won't feel like a real holiday.

Realistically I think the odds of you guys getting kicked off the plane are very low. It's Christmas, he's two (bring documentation), and people are not as vehement about masking as they were a few months ago. If you could tie on or attach a mask to him for boarding and takeoff, you'd probably get away with it.  But I get that it would be very stressful to roll the dice like that.[/quote]

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