It almost happened once. My oldest brother had driven down from Michigan with his wife, kids, and camping trailer, and had only been at our house for about half an hour when we got a phone call; his wife’s father had just died. They got back in the car and headed home.
That was the first, last, and only time that a “holiday season” get-together was attempted.
They know where the motel is.
I don’t do it.
This does not occur in my family.
It almost happened once. My oldest brother had driven down from Michigan with his wife, kids, and camping trailer, and had only been at our house for about half an hour when we got a phone call; his wife’s father had just died. They got back in the car and headed home.
That was the first, last, and only time that a “holiday season” get-together was attempted.
The family distracts my wife which grants me some peace.
I stole my kid brother’s Advent calendar while visiting home from college one Christmas.
I got 24 days.
I move each year so they can’t find me.
I don’t celebrate any holidays so if I have family over that time of years it’s like having family any other time of the year.