I think UsPlus2 has some great suggestions if you choose to 'do' christmas with your family. But if you feel like you would like to just stay home don't be afraid to call them on the day and say "we are not coming" We left everything 'open' and did not commit to any visitors at hospital or at home. As it turns out we would have had to tell them not to come to the hospital if we had of organised it because it was exhausting and I was crying all the time and the pain of breastfeeding was all just too overwhelming to then be dealing with family or friends visiting. We still weren't up for visitors for a week after DS was born and even then we only had 2 people at a time and that was grandparents. At the end of those days DS was grizzly and harder to deal with and he only had grandparents here at our house for a couple of hours. All babies are different though so you might find you'rs would be fine. My point is try not to commit to anything and see how you feel on the day