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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Last year my MIL and her mother who live in Spain came over to stay with us for 3 weeks (my MIL claimed her mother was dying, and she would never be able to fly again if she didn't come over for 2013 christmas to see her great grandchildren), my SIL and her husband who live in Hong Kong decided to come into town too since MIL was coming (but they stayed in a hotel a mile away), so there were tons of people here. My parents were a bit annoyed that it seemed like I was spending all my Christmas holidays with my ILs, so I said just drive up here to my house, I can't have everyone drive down there to you, I don't have enough room in my car (1.5 hour drive in good traffic), so my parents, my brother, my sister, her husband and her baby all came up to NOVA and were crammed into my house, along with my dog, 3 kids and semi cranky husband.  It sounds like a nightmare, and my house was sure dirty by the time they all left, but it ended up being not so bad after all. I was worried about some potential arguments between the two sides, because thats happened before (the only argument was between my MIL and my SIL's husband, which was kind of refreshing for me not to be the only one annoyed with my MIL), but in the end I think everyone felt like it was nice to have soooo much family together.  I barely had to do anything, all the grandmothers were fighting over who was going to cook. so I just read a book.

I can't believe your ILs wouldn't invite your parents to come. That's just wrong. Don't they have any manners or consideration. Even if hotels are "gross" in the hometown, who cares, they aren't going into town for the hotel. And if it is just a few hours drive, it can be a day trip. I did that for thanksgiving, went to my parents for the day.  So your parents can either drive for the day or stay in a hotel, but everyone can spend the holiday together. What if your ILs realized a neighbor was going to be all alone on Christmas for whatever reason (had recently become widowed or children lived very far away), don't you think they would have offered an invitation to come over to eat or visit? [/quote]
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