Dec 11, 2009
When did you switch from going to holidays to hosting them at your own home?
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Holidays are a good time to visit Molly’s hometown, so our house won’t become holiday central any time soon.
What about you?
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When my child turned two (last Friday) and the price to fly to Texas and be with the rest of our family increased 150%.
This is the first year that we’re having all of my Mom’s side of the family at our place. Yikes.
Go Lewis!
My wife’s parents are nearby, but we might start to host more often over the next few years.
I’d rather not talk about family Christmas plans at the moment. It’s a bit of a sore spot as of an hour ago.
Tell Gabe that whatever it is he wants is wrong. That you should do what you want instead.
(BTW I had the pleasure of meeting and spending time with your husband at the Cultivate/Story conferences.)
Once I got married, got a house, and had a kid or two.
Been married 6 years; have 3 kids; and still traveling. My parents didn’t start staying put until I was in high school.
Just in recent years are we having holidays at our house. I’m 45. My kids are 16 and 20 now and we decided it was time to stay home. Friends and extended family are welcomed to come over if they want, all we ask is to give us a heads up so we have enough egg nog. :)
Right around age 30. (I’m 32)
We still see both families in the month of December, but we started doing our own official Christmas morning just a few years ago.
We have been married 10 years. Now have 3 kids (age 8, 4, 1).
Sometime after I’m married, I think. With a house and kids, probably.
I’m 40, with two kids, and it hasn’t happened yet. Unless you count the time my parents came to my chiropractic school graduation in mid-December and brought gifts, because I couldn’t afford the time away from my internship for Christmas. (Bizarre situation. If you ever have the opportunity to go to chiropractic school, don’t.)
When we had more people in our immediate family then there was anywhere we would visit. :)
Also, living in China with 8 kids means if anyone wants to see us for the holidays they’ll have to come here.
From the beginning my husband and I had our holiday and then holiday with the family. He always had to work on Christmas and it made more sense to do our holiday and then do a second with family when he had his days off. Our families were very understanding. Now that I have children that are married I strive to be as flexible as my parents were.
Sadly, when my mother-in-law went home to be with the Lord, the kids started taking turns hosting the holiday dinners. We offered to come over and make dinner at Dad’s house, but to him it just wasn’t the same without her there.
Since we are the only ones to have moved away from our hometown (which happens to be Molly’s hometown), a few of the relatives travel to where we live to celebrate with us now since we are not always able to travel home to be with them.
Been married 30 years on Tuesday…5 kids…..have gone to “Grandmas” every year!!! My kids wouldn’t have it any other way. Grandma is 81 so I’m sure we have quite a few left!!
I have a feeling that we’ll travel until we’re done with seminary, and then my husband will be (Lord willing) working at a church on Christmas! We have 2 kids and one the way. I’m trying to stay thankful for the grad school schedule and having the ability to be gone for 2 weeks at the holidays.
We’ve been married 11 years and have a 21-month-old son. Still traveling to my parents’ house (Christmas Eve; 80 minute drive each way) and his parents (Christmas Day; 20 minute drive each way).
We love our current house and I love to host parties but I cannot fit all 28 of my family members (that’s just my parents, siblings, in-laws and kids) in my house without….well, it just isn’t going to work. CAN we fit them? Yes. WILL we fit them? No.
So, either when my parents and in-laws don’t want to host anymore OR when we get a larger house — whichever comes first, I guess.
We tend to host the Christmas get-togethers, but most of the time they’re very brief. Between my parents being either too sick (Mom has brain tumors,) or too busy (Dad works on the IntraCoastal Waterway,) to attend, and the fact that my husband’s parents are a five- to six-hour drive from Houston, we tend to be the only ones at our own party. It’s OK though, because we try to spend the time in quiet celebration, meditating on the numerous blessings God has showered us with.