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[quote=Anonymous]Holidays are such a touchy subject. When we first married we alternated between families yearly since the distance makes it so we can only see one family for each holiday. After several years we realized that the burden was only on us to travel, the older generation was unwilling to change their plans, so we announced very early that year that we would no longer travel for thanksgiving and instead would host at our home for anyone's who wished to come or else we'd just see the side whose turn it was that year for Christmas as we were short in leave and traveling for thanksgiving had become more and more time consuming/costly every year. Each side was not happy, but ILs in particular lost it, which I found strange because thanksgiving at their house was never more than them and us.

But it's been 10 years now and everyone has settled down about it, sometimes people come to us, sometimes it's just us and the kids, sometimes we pick up friends/coworkers who had nowhere else to go, etc.

I think your son should have at least warned you well in advance of their intentions.  I don't think, barring illness or extenuating circumstances, that it is normal to change up holiday plans without any warning. And I would place this squarely on your son. He knew they were planning to host. He knew about your family tradition. It was his job to keep you informed.[/quote]

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