Alright folks, I need some help…..so show a sista some love.
Every year since my hubby and I have been together I have spent Christmas crying. No matter how hard I try, someone in some family is mad at me because of how/where we are spending our time.
363 days of the year I LOVE that our families live a street apart. LJ has a great relationship with both sets of grandparents, we have almost endless babysitters who truly want to be with the little man, and it’s just plain fun to be with everyone.
But Christmas Eve and Christmas Day have become the two days of the whole year I dread. Literally cause minor panic attacks.
I feel ya LJ, I feel ya!
Anyways, this year we are changing things up since Christmas morning now needs to be at home. So we have decided to split Christmas into thirds. Christmas Eve with one family, Christmas morning at home, and Christmas Day with the other family.
Here’s my dilemma folks. One of our families would like to continue doing stockings for the whole family, while the other doesn’t. While we could run into the problem of “why does Santa come to this grandparent’s house but not the other one’s?”….he’s too little for that problem at this moment. More so, the family that would like to continue doing stockings is the one we are spending Christmas Eve with.
What on Earth do we do? Santa can’t come early! That ruins Christmas morning (which is something that BSB is particularly excited about!). But on the same note, Santa can’t come to our house and one grandparents’ house and not the other.
I don’t want to hurt anyone (especially BSB’s) feelings, I don’t want to ruin Christmas, I don’t want to ruin Santa, and I certainly don’t want anyone to feel like I’m ungrateful for all the time and thought they’ve put into making a nice Christmas for us all.
For once, I’m truly at a loss. I don’t know what to do.
I just really don’t want to spend another Christmas crying.
Got any ideas? All are welcome!
