would you just up and go away for christamas??

im sooo tempted one year to head up north with my DH and DD's and have a family christmas... just us, but worried what others would think, have you done it or would you??

do it...and come visit me... :) If you and your DH are wanting to do it then go for it :) Maybe stop in at the grandparents place on the way out...just to keep the peace :)

id love to come visit you :) but not wanting to go via the inlaws lol that what im wanting to avoid :rofl: plus we'd fly somewhere and they live 4 hr drive away

I would just do it. Every Christmas doesn't have to be the same.

im thinking cai of going away every 3rd year, makes it fair i guess that way

Yeah I would do it. Although I have a family free Christmas every year so there wouldn't be much point :lol:

I can't see why not. i mean everyone is entitled to start their own X-Mas traditions, i am thinking of suggesting to DP that we alternate X-Mas day from now on b/w both sides of the family.. 1yr x-mas eve with his the next with mine and swap x-mas days etc.
Would love to do a JUST US X-MAS one day :)

you only live once and you cant live it with regret ;)

this is why we refuse to travel Christmas and keep our front gate locked :D

I would definately go

yup. We've done it before (not since DD was born though). It's very tempting!

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.

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.

just do it! :D

I sure would! Christmas day is usually just us though which makes it easier :D

I remember we did it when I was a kid, we went to Queensland. Mum and Dad organised for Santa to come early, very considerate when we know how busy he is :) and Christmas fell when we were up north. I remember mum said that her parents weren't that amused, but she was a bit "too bad so sad" to them!

in theory, yup, i'd leave in a heart beat - but in realit, while my mum and her sister are around, i just can't. Mum lives for her grandkids, and her sister has an intellectual disability, and even with an explanation that it was nothing personal, she's never had a Christmas without us, and it would break her heart to not see us (and, mainly, DD) on Christmas Day.

I said to DP last year Xmas day is for US not visiting everyone.

Well this year we are visiting my fam and his fam (one lunch one for dinner) perhaps we can do alternate years for them, i would preferably like to do my own thing at home every now and again

I def would just up and go tho! We considered it this year

:) yey go on just do it let your hair down hun as maz said you only live once :)

Oh yes! Last year i was frantically searching the last minute deals hoping to find one as a good reason why we couldn't 'do' christmas with the ILs! This year we are going away on christmas day so won't be seeing them :) Hooray!

If you don't do it this year, plan for next year well in advance and let people know you won't be around. It might go down a bit better :) I have already starting telling people about the big trip we have planned for next christmas and how excited we are... LOL.

We've moved interstate from our families so some years we visit, some we don't. We have gone on holidays at christmas. Last year my H, son and I were campervanning in NZ for xmas. Stockings hung in the campervan was cute!

When you have children you should make your own memories and traditions. When the children are young it is easier to do alot on christmas day but as they grow they want to spend time playing with their toys at home. Travelling takes time and energy.

Our DD2 planned a holiday to Thailand and one of the dates would have meant being away for Christmas. As much as I would have missed her I realise that she is an adult with her own life to live.

As the grandchildren get bigger we will travel to them so they can spend the day at home playing, nothing is worse than having kids wanting to go home to play with their new gadgets but are stuck at a relations house. The older they are the worse they are at showing their impatience.

So Olive, go for it. Make your own memories you will never regret it.

Do it Olive! It's something you won't regret.

I haven't gone away for Christmas before but I think it's something I'd like to do when the kids are a little bit older. We want to do a white Christmas one year.

If that is what you want to do i say go for it...
Personally i love the whole family thing and i would never go away, it is only one day... ( in saying that... i dont have to spend long with the IL's lol)
I want the kids to grow up thinking it is 100% normal to spend the day with family... so when they grow up they choose to come back to me ROFL

id go for it! df was thinking of buying a tent and camping this year, i managed to convince him to put that idea on hold till the kids are a little older! if hed sugested a cabin or carravan somewere, id be all for it!