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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh hell no.  No way would I be traveling all that way with a toddler and new baby.  Anyone who would give you a hard time for wanting to stay home is plain selfish.  Tell your DH and then do NOT give in to the guilt tripping.[/quote]

I agree with this.

We have one child and when he turned 2 we told both sets of in-laws that we would be doing Christmas at home from now on so that our child can experience waking up to see what Santa brought. We invite both sets of inlaws to visit us after Christmas. This past year we had my parents for 2 days and my inlaws for 2 days after Christmas (but the calendar allowed it to work out that way this year).

There's just too much baby/toddler gear to schlep, plus gifts to haul up and back. Plus neither of our families have comfortable accommodations for our kid.

When our child was 1 yo. We visited both sets of parents at their homes around Christmas. Each family seemed to be trying to out do the other with grand gifts. We ended up having to stop at a UPS store and ship some things to our home because we couldn't fit all the enormous boxes in the SUV. Ridiculous! [/quote]

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