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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Christmas is on Monday this year. Have your husband tell them he's working/on call and can they have Christmas with you on the 23rd or 24th (you and your husband pick) so that you are guaranteed time together.

That seems totally reasonable.[/quote]

What time would your DH likely be called into work? And does he also have to work on the 24th? If you think he will still be home through mid-morning, I would see if ILs wanted to come for dinner on Xmas Eve and be there in the AM when the kids open presents. Then they can leave by noon and your parents can come in the afternoon. [/quote]

Exactly how do people get them out the door at noon?  You don't pick them up to load in a car seat.  OP inlaws live 1 hour away, 2 hour round trip. on call definitively on 12/25, what are those hours, [b]on call and covering for others can change.[/b]  If inlaws were helpful the PP advice is sensible.  GP s do enjoy seeing GC and appears OP parents are about 1 hour or less away.  OP have only GC both sides? OP siblings?

So if I was OP my focus would be on the helpful parents and set a 2-3 hour time block on Christmas for the inlaws.  1-4? Get them out and on the road before dark. Helpful parents or other people might also lighten the inlaw and any other annoyances thattraispe with them. Gt  a elpful inlaw couple we know who often bring 2-3 single old relatives in the car who require waiting on.  One of my DC's expects me to deflect and entertain SIL relatives and now he is on that same train.  had a big mmement when I did not comply with silly request.

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