would you just up and go away for christamas??

[lilima]

Yep done it before and will again. But right now I can't as I won't miss seeing my 89 year old grandparents. Every Christmas with them is precious. Before kids we went to Hawaii one year.

[human bean]

I did it once with a friend in my early 20's and it was like I ran away and was never coming back - my family were mortified! But they survived, and we had a great, stress free Chrissy on the beach!

Last year DH and I decided to stay home instead of travel to any family, and it didn't go down well either, but if we don't do it every now and then, we are going to be travelling interstate every Christmas and we're just not up for that.

[Early Kids]

just do it!