Over the river to Grandma's house
by opalstorm

My boss sent out an e-mail yesterday asking us for our holiday requests – what days did we want to take off for Thanksgiving and Christmas? That came up fast… I’m still getting over Halloween. I haven’t even thought of Thanksgiving and shopping for Christmas is not on my To Do List any time soon.

I have no idea what my family will be doing over the holiday, but I do know what we’re not. We’re not going anywhere or visiting anybody!

Last season we visited my family in Tennessee at Thanksgiving and my husband’s in Arkansas at Christmas. We covered nearly 1,300 miles in less than a week. It was brutal – two adults, two teens, enough luggage for a month, and Christmas presents for everyone, all in one small SUV. Spending 20+ hours in a car is not my idea of a pleasure trip. Fortunately we have great friends who were willing to pet sit for us, or we would have thrown two Labs and a bi-polar cat into the mix.

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Submitted by opalstorm (view blog) on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 13:23

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Holiday travel

When I was a kid, we did a lot of traveling over the holidays but my parents were pretty good about not traveling really close to Christmas or during Christmas. We needed time with our family traditions - and our toys.

In the last few years, my family has done a considerable amount of traveling on Christmas day and immediately after - and I hate it. I'd love to find a way around it but it seems as if this is the only time that we have to visit grandparents and aunts and uncles.

I'm avoiding the holiday travel plans for this year. I just am not ready to think about that yet.

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