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[quote=Anonymous]What you're describing does not sound super fun for me either, and while I would be okay with it every once in a while, two times a year seems a bit much. Holidays are about blending in traditions so everyone in the family has something they enjoy... Now it sounds like your husband is just reliving his youth and the holiday is exactly how he wants it without taking into account but you would like. Kids like it because they know no different. 
Either you and your husband need to have an honest discussion and start staying home more frequently for some of these holidays to incorporate things you want or his family has to be open in. Willing to allow you to incorporate them down there..... That may mean a day where there is no screens or where you binge children Christmas movies.... Or it may mean you get to take over mother-in-law's kitchen for a day to build gingerbread houses together or decorate Christmas cookies..... It may mean you, your husband and kids go to a Christmas tree farm and bring one back to decorate..... It may mean going to an indoor skating rink..... Picking out special ornaments from a holiday shop..... Taking family pictures on the beach..... Horse drawn carriage ride...... Getting pictures taken with Santa at a local spot..... Playing board games one night...... Having an elf on the shelf visit and cause a little mischief...... Drinking hot cocoa by a fire pit outside...... Taking the girls to Disney for a day or two .... Going to Orlando studios ..... Staying one night in a hotel and ordering room service ......There are a number of things you can incorporate but if they are not willing to then your answer is Florida and the holidays is just not for you which means it's not for your family either. [/quote]

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