C99
12-01-2004, 01:53 AM
So now that it's the 1st of December, my mind is in this rush to get everything for Christmas settled and done already. Hence, why I am still awake at 12:45 a.m. ANYWAY...
Our first Christmas in this house was 2 years ago. My parents came up from Texas, my brother came in from Seattle and we all had Swiss fondue for dinner on Christmas Eve. Last year, since we had a little person and didn't want to go elsewhere, we decided to continue the tradition of hosting a fondue dinner on CE. We invited all of my husband's family who were in town and about 1/2 of the list accepted and came. I mentioned to my MIL that we are planning to do it again this year and she said, "Oh, don't worry about it. You are pregnant and you are going to be traveling so soon after the holiday and that's so much work, if you don't feel like doing it, don't worry about it." Translation: We don't want to schlep out there/don't do it. (Apparently, the roads only run out to the suburbs on holidays.)
So now I am torn. As I said, we're going to have fondue whether it's for the 3 of us or whether it's for 10 of us. It's not that hard to do Swiss fondue -- it's a bunch of melted cheese for goodness' sake. There's some prep to be done prior, but really not that much! We'll cut up some bread and pears and apples and open a couple of bags of salad and be done with it. So I don't know whether to invite the people who came last year MINUS my in-laws (really don't want to aggravate them on CE!) or invite everyone who came last year or invite no one and have it just be the 3 of us. In this family, no one opens gifts on CE (except the section of people who didn't come last year & won't be invited this year), so that's not an issue. I was thinking that since CE is on a Friday and the observed/off day, it would be easier for people to come, but I don't know what to do.
WWYD?
Our first Christmas in this house was 2 years ago. My parents came up from Texas, my brother came in from Seattle and we all had Swiss fondue for dinner on Christmas Eve. Last year, since we had a little person and didn't want to go elsewhere, we decided to continue the tradition of hosting a fondue dinner on CE. We invited all of my husband's family who were in town and about 1/2 of the list accepted and came. I mentioned to my MIL that we are planning to do it again this year and she said, "Oh, don't worry about it. You are pregnant and you are going to be traveling so soon after the holiday and that's so much work, if you don't feel like doing it, don't worry about it." Translation: We don't want to schlep out there/don't do it. (Apparently, the roads only run out to the suburbs on holidays.)
So now I am torn. As I said, we're going to have fondue whether it's for the 3 of us or whether it's for 10 of us. It's not that hard to do Swiss fondue -- it's a bunch of melted cheese for goodness' sake. There's some prep to be done prior, but really not that much! We'll cut up some bread and pears and apples and open a couple of bags of salad and be done with it. So I don't know whether to invite the people who came last year MINUS my in-laws (really don't want to aggravate them on CE!) or invite everyone who came last year or invite no one and have it just be the 3 of us. In this family, no one opens gifts on CE (except the section of people who didn't come last year & won't be invited this year), so that's not an issue. I was thinking that since CE is on a Friday and the observed/off day, it would be easier for people to come, but I don't know what to do.
WWYD?