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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We simply told all of the grandparents that it was very important for our family to have Santa visit our kids in their own home  so we can all relax and enjoy their gifts without having to schlep them to another state.  We made it clear that anyone was welcome to come visit us and we would happily visit them at another time.  This became even easier when the kids got older and our vacation time was restricted by school schedules. [/quote]

TBH I am 100% the opposite of this in our family (its very important to have the multigenerational stuff over the in our own home traditions) BUT I also think this is valid if its truly how you feel and mostly how your DH feels too. Broach it this way[/quote]

We do plenty of multigenerational stuff year round.  We spend Easter with my family, Thanksgiving with his, and 2 weeks of summer at a central location with extended cousins.  The kids also spend a week with my parents alone and my inlaws take them for a week on a trip.  I just hated the hassle and expense of schlepping Christmas gifts for Santa to bring only to have to pay to bring them all home again.  We have a whole bunch of traditions we've started around tree decorating, dessert making, card display, 25 Christmas books, etc) that I would not want to give that up.[/quote]

Can I just say that as a non christian to annother you are getting a serious gold star for doing all this stuff! I don't do any of that! (well we do celebrate Hannukah so we have traditions around that) and then celebrate Christmas with the christian relatives.

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