where are you celebrating? hometown (west Michigan), and probably Chicago (in-laws) or maybe Wisconsin (Phil's grandma). 4+ hour road trips one way, no matter which we choose.
who are you celebrating with?
My dad's side = Dec. 23, my parents and sibs = Christmas Eve, my mom's side = Christmas morning, Phil's family = whenever Phil has off work and we can make some road trips if the weather permits.
what are you doing? on either side, we just have buffet style dinners and then the little cousins exchange presents and the adults play a game with white elephant gifts.
Tomorrow night is the HelpDesk Christmas party (just four of us and our spouses) and Dec. 19 is the dept. Christmas party, which I'm on the planning committee for. We don't have a big budget and everyone likes food events, so we're going to a local Asian food restaurant for a long lunch and will have some other games and voluntary gift exchanges throughout the day.
New job = paid vacation Dec. 22 - Jan 1 so I'll be sleeping a lot, watching movies (Love Actually is my "Christmas movie"), and catching up on some web design side jobs.