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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Invite the family over any other night in December for hot chocolate, cookie decorating, ornament making, Christmas music, or whatever for a festive neighborly gathering that can be fun for the kids. [/quote]

Uh, no. OP should not, and will not, rescind an already-extended invitation to Christmas dinner to indulge her MIL’s nasty toddler temper tantrum.[/quote]

Oh just stop. It wasn't an invitation engraved in stone. Maybe neighbor felt put on the spot at the initial asking. His kids will probably be bored out of their minds anyway. [/quote]

It was an invitation. It does not need to be "in stone." You just stop. If you don't have the manners to understand that you don't take back a holiday invitation, someone in your upbringing failed you.[/quote]

When it comes down to it I doubt this will be the hill OP wants to die on with her inlaws. The kids would most likely rather stay home than eat with some random elderly people they have never met. Some of you clearly don’t even have kids. This doesn’t even seem about a good deed anymore, who benefits the most?[/quote]

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