Holiday poll, kind of

lpstl · October 2009

This poll is actually a ruse for me to get ideas about how to work the holidays between families. I understand if you feel lied to and have the urge to throw rotten fruit at me.1. How do you balance holidays between families?2. Turkey or Ham3. Fill in the blank: It's not the holidays until someone _____

temerityjane · October 2009

1. So far, Thanksgiving with his, Christmas with mine. Thanksgiving is the really "big" holiday with his family, so that's how we split it last year, and how we'll split it this year. However, both Thanksgiving and Christmas are big with my family, so we're going to need to work something else out at some point.2. I like both.3. At Buddy's, on Thanksgiving they play bingo for ridiculous prizes. At my parents', it's not Christmas until one of us shrieks "You ruined Christmas!," which we each like to be the first to say each year.

Night_Sprite · October 2009

1. We try to share. FI's parents tend to work odd days, so we will see them Thanksgiving weekend Saturday and part of Sunday instead of on Thanksgiving day.2. There are enough of us that in our family, it is always both3. It's not the holiday until we break out the playing cards.

stina93446 · October 2009

1. How do you balance holidays between families? His family is Jewish and mine is Christian. Thanksgiving is the only hard one and we will switch off.2. Turkey or Ham? Ham, I hate turkey!3. Fill in the blank: It's not the holidays until someone: pukes! lol, I don't know.....I guess the real answer is : make cookies!

aMrsin09 · October 2009

Easy. We are on different continents and they don't celebrate Thanksgiving here. Turkey for Thanksgiving, Homemade Ravioli for Christmas (along with the 25 other dishes) burns the bread. Doesn't matter what kind of bread, I can promise the fire alarm will go off.

vallyhoo · October 2009

1. Christmas Eve with mine, Christmas day with his2. Honeybaked Ham3. It's not the holidays until we watch A Christmas Story

mandapanda78 · October 2009

1. We do a really bad job of this actually. Out of the last three Christmases we spent two with FI's family and one by ourselves. Thanksgivings are always spent at my Aunt Janices. We're really going to have to suck it up and spend a holiday with my fam soon. 2. Turkey!!3. It's not the holidays until the two sisters start fighting (if at FIL's) or until someone gets drunk and starts a poker game (if at Aunt's)

alixzafiris · October 2009

1. How do you balance holidays between families? [b]Thanksgiving we're always with mine because it's my birthday.[/b] Christmas we alternate yearly Christmas with one, New Years with another.[/b] 2. Turkey or Ham [b]Both.[/b] 3. Fill in the blank: It's not the holidays until someone [b]knocks over the Christmas tree.[/b]

salt78 · October 2009

1. We split them. Thanksgiving with one fam, then Christmas with the other and then vice versa the next year. 2. Turkey x10000000. 3. It's not the holidays until someone breaks out what is in my opinion the rankest drink ever. Eggnog.

georgia_bride09 · October 2009

1. Both my family and my husband's family lives within 100 miles of us, so here's how the holidays go: Turkey Day: lunch- his family (his mom's family and dad's parents all came), dinner- my mom's side of the family; Day after Turkey Day: my dad's side of the family Last year, we got together with his family the weekend before Christmas, and on Christmas Eve, we did my mom's side of the family (at grandma's) from approx 4-6, then my dad's side from 7-9, then went to my mom's house to spend the night so we could get up and do Christmas morning with them. Then we drove two hours to have lunch with his dad's parents. To me the holidays (moreso Christmas) are just a blur of driving.2. Turkey3. I've got nothing. I'm never in one place long enough.

danieliza1127 · October 2009

Thanksgiving - we got to my H's family because my parents stay in Florida. They're snowbirds. So we spend the day with my H's mom's side of the family. I don't see my brothers or anything, they go to their wives sides or whatever.Christmas - my family has always had Christmas on Christmas Eve so we spend Christmas Eve with my family. We stay the night at my parent's house and get up and have Christmas morning with them, then we leave and go to my H's aunt's house and spend Christmas day with his mom's side of the family. My H's dad's side of the family doesn't really get together, or if they do we've never gone. His parents are married but his dad's side just has never been very close so I think they all do their own things.I totally just typed this whole thing calling my H FI. I had to go back and change it all. Duh.Turkeythat's not family comes over and gets drunk at my parent's house.

TiDa2009 · October 2009

1. FI's mom always has Christmas lunch, so we go there in the morning for presents and have lunch ever year. Then we alternate afternoons with my family - if it's my sister's year at her ILs, we stay at FI's mom's house for the whole day and have Xmas with my family the next weekend (or some other convenient time), if it's her year to stay home, then we spend the afternoon with my family and have supper with them.2. FI's family does turkey, my family does both.3. ...someone gets drunk, unbottons their pants, or falls asleep on the couch.

ggmae · October 2009

1. Well, my family and FIL are in CT while MIL is in MD. We don't have a set plan yet, but I think we are leaning toward doing Thanksgiving in CT and going to MD for Christmas this year. Then next year, we'll switch it up. It sucks that we have to travel on the holidays, but whatever. It'll make MIL happy.2. Turkey.3. Passes out on the couch after a turkey overload.

YaPuppy · October 2009

1. How do you balance holidays between families?Our families live in the same town, so it falls on us to run back and forth to each family for every holiday. We never end up enjoying it due to all the running around and missing meals, so we're working on figuring something else out.2. Turkey or HamNot a huge fan of either but I guess I like turkey more since we got the deep fryer3. Fill in the blank: It's not the holidays until someoneHas a fight. There is just always some sort of holiday family drama going on with one or both of our families.Meanwhile I just realized how negative my answers sound. Despite that, I really do love the holidays!

Sooles · October 2009

1. the only holiday either of our families really celebrates is xmas.we do his moms house my brothers house for xmas eve (& sleep over), his moms house xmas day, my dads family boxing day. my mom goes away for the holidays and we dont ever really see his dad so they dont have to be worked in.2. turkey. extra gravy!3. gets me drunk.

jajph1974 · October 2009

1. We do Thanksgiving at our place (Tim loves to cook) and we travel to friends/relatives for Christmas.2. Neither - we get a Turducken ... Mmmmm3. We're all super stubborn people. Every holiday without fail there's an argument over something completely ridiculous.

mandysmear · October 2009

1. His family is 3 hours north, mine is 5 hours north. This year we'll spend christmas day with his family then on boxing day we'll get up and drive the 2 additional hours to see my family. My sister is going to spend christmas with her inlaws (on the other side of the country) this year. Next year we'll have christmas day with my family. 2. Stuffing.3. It's not the holidays until some sort of dysfunction goes on.

TiDa2009 · October 2009

I forgot Thanksgiving... Again, FI's mom always has TG lunch, so we just work around that. This year'll I'll spend it with my family and he with his. TG isn't a huge holiday for us. It's essentially just another day to eat turkey.

jamm2019 · October 2009

1. How do you balance holidays between families?Thanksgiving with his family, and Christmas with mine.His family lives 4 hours away, so it's easier for us to drive in November verses December when there can be a lot more snow. But this year we are thinking of staying with my family for Thanksgiving since I have a feeling this could be my grand parents last one. I hate saying that, but they are getting older, and having difficult times lately health wise.2. Turkey or Ham Turkey3. Fill in the blank: It's not the holidays until someone I dont have an answer...

kate51485 · October 2009

1. Well, not sure how it will be this year for FI and I balancing between both of ours, but growing up it was Christmas Eve with my mom's family (24th was my grandma's birthday), Christmas morning with my dad's2. Neither! We're Italian so we always have these big rigatoni as the main dish. When I was little I called them sewer pipes.

And we have Swedish cookies for dessert.3. Gets mercilessly teased by all my uncles!

Nebb · October 2009

1. Thanksgiving with mine, Christmas with mine. We tried going to his for holidays but his family sucks and it was a waste of time (read: we woudl visit and they would all take off to watch tv shows in their room or go out with friends and it would end up me and husband sitting at the kitchen table alone). 2. Turkey 3. tells me its too early to be planning christmas stuff!

tidetravel · October 2009

1) We have 3 "families" that we MUST visit each holiday. My mom, my dad, his mom. Usually we will do one house on the holiday's eve and the other two on the holiday itself (everyone is local). Or we'll get together the day/weekend after; that's usually dependant on if/when my step brother can come over to my mom's. One stipulation; We ALWAYS do Christmas mornings at dad's because, well, that's how it's always been. Caution: DO NOT try to do three holiday dinners/get togethers in one day. It sucks.2) Both. My stepdad makes the BEST rootbeer glazed ham

betrothed123 · October 2009

1. My family doesn't celebrate holidays. For a few years we had Thanksigiving with his mom's family, but once his grandfather passed that tradition fell by the wayside. They also stopped doing big celebrations for Christmas, but we usually go over to his mom's house and have ham. If I cook at home I make a huge huge feast for Thanksgiving and we invite people (his mom and some of our friends) over but no one ever comes.2. Turkey for Thanksgiving. I usually make stuffing, green bean cassarole, baked mac and cheese, and a number of other delicious sides. For Christmas it depends on what we have in the house. His mom usually makes ham.3. This I wouldn't know. There really aren't taditions in either of our families.

ffmaid · October 2009

My sisters and I agrreed years ago when the first one got married that we woudl always do thanksgiving with our family and leave christmas and easter open to other families. Well So we go to DHs family for christmas and mine for thanksgiving easter we do at our house and family and friends from both sides invited

ac_in_dc · October 2009

1. Probably xmas with mine (local) then fly out to CO for a week after (his family likes to celebrate Nyears together). For turkey day, we'll probably stay here since DH is going to CO in mid-November for elk hunting. I think the key is to stay flexible and not do too much scorekeeping. 2. Turkey, silly! (and rib roast for xmas). 3. It's not the holidays until I get drunk enough to deal with my mom (being sober this year should be interesting).

txmom21 · October 2009

1. How do you balance holidays between families? My family is local; his is a 6 hour drive. Because of work schedules, Thanksgiving will always be with my family. Christmas - we chose a mutually convenient weekend for my family here and an alternate one for his. 2. Turkey or Ham Both3. Fill in the blank: It's not the holidays until someone realizes that we forgot to watch the parades.

october010bride · October 2009

1. How do you balance holidays between families?Badly... we're both Jewish and both of our families celebrate everything so its tough. If we're going to temple we go to his parents because they are still members and live close. If its a non-temple holiday we go to my family. We recently decided to switch off for Thanksgiving but when we told his mother that she started crying.. like come on lady! Even if we're at his family for a holiday I try to go the weekend before or after to see my family and celebrate with them. 2. Turkey or HamI've never had ham... its either turkey or brisket3. Fill in the blank: It's not the holidays until someone:At least with my family... gets drunk and starts yelling and dishing about their miserable life.

ButtonsPepper · October 2009

1. The past few holidays we did FI's mothers house, because her twin sister died and we wanted to be there for her...This yearthanksgiving will be at one of the mom's, christmas at the other mom's house (mine and his). We'll chose based on which my brother comes up for. He lives far away so we usually try to schedule the same holiday at my mom's.Christmas eve is thrown at FI's fathers house, so we go to that... 2. Turkey - ham is gross.3. it isn't the holidays until hundreds of cookies are baked.

ScarletGem · October 2009

1 - Our families live all of a mile apart, so we do two Thanksgiving dinners (ugh!), two Christmas day gift openings, etc.2 - Turkey, in the form of answer #3 (I'm vegetarian)3 - Until Mom and I make these (but we add little dots of chocolate for eyes, and the bodies are back-to-back chocolate Kisses):[IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/153wqv5.jpg[/IMG]

ScarletGem · October 2009

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ac_in_dc · October 2009

Oh, we really dig the dog show and the parades on Thanksgiving, too! I should have said that instead of the answer that makes me sound like an alcoholic.

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