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Hello!
I just wanted to pop in and say hi to everyone. This is my first official post on the nest. I got back from my honeymoon in late August but things have been so crazy at work (crazy good) that I haven't had a chance to pop in and say thanks for all the advice and support with wedding planning. Being married is awesome 
Hmmm..not much else to report. I'm going to be traveling quite a bit this fall for work, mostly to the West Coast and Vermont. We've been talking about moving to Canada which is really exciting for me since I've had a Canada obsession since childhood. Oh, we are starting to negotiate the frequency of family visits; we can't decide what to do for our first Christmas/Solstice. We'd like to spend winter holidays alone, but my family is likely to freak out about that. I'm curious how others have balanced that dynamic...
Re: Hello!
Welcome!
Well (un)fortunately we don't have to deal much with balancing family time for the holidays since we don't get to fly home for them. However when we did live near family we spent Christmas eve with K's family and Christmas morning with mine. Since K's family does the Christmas eve gathering it makes the decision easy for us.
hi!
we're pretty relaxed about holidays, honestly. c's sil has a schedule that she's figured out between her parents and theirs, so they go when it fits that. we don't have any desire to spend any more time with them (the brother and sil) than we have to other than wanting to see c's neice, so if we can go at the same time great, if not too bad, we make other arrangements. we work my family around that. with both of my sil's families in the mix and people living all over the state my family rarely gets together on the actual holiday anyway, it's usually the weekend before or after. it's a bigger deal to us that we get together, not when it happens.
hey there
cant wait to hear more about the wedding - and perhaps browse some pics? 
as for holidays, we've got it easy since A's fam is Jewish and mine is Christian. We typically host thanksgiving dinner for my side then see hers for dessert.
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When we first got together (8 years ago) we tried the go to the ILs (in TN) for Thanksgiving and go to my parents (GA) for Christmas and then flip-flop it the following year (we live in DC.) That lasted a year or two. Now we refuse to travel for the holidays. I only get Thanksgiving and Christmas day off, that time of year is so hectic and stressful for people, we don't have the time off to drive 13 hours, and airfare is so pricey at that time of year. So if people want to see us, they come to us!
Which people understand now that we have kids (pre-kids, our families were pretty perturbed.) So far we haven't had any takers. 
We go to my parents in September and go to the ILs in April (the other visits they come to us) so we still do see them a few times a year - just not at the holidays when it is so hectic.