I hate Christmas!! Well I love Christmas but Christmas Day stresses me out so much! I'm from a divorced family and mum is married and my dad has been single since the split. Now I'm older my husband and I have my dad over for Christmas Day so he's not on his own and my brothers go to mum. Now I have a son (1st grandchild) things are more difficult as it's been 13 years since I had Christmas lunch with my mum and she starting to get upset. My mum comes over normally in the morning, we do presents then they leave and my dad comes over for the whole day. This year my husband has decided to invite his whole family, which is making my mum feel left out as they'll be here when she normally has quality time on Christmas with us. I may be overreacting but I want to keep that as just us so she can have the proper time with my son and us. Out of respect for her and all she does and the fact that we never spend Christmas with her. But my husband thinks I'm being unfair to his family! Even though his out coming for lunch and never bother with my son, it's been 3 months since his brother last saw him!

I'm just really annoyed because I'd love to have my mum over for Christmas but due to the divorce my parents aren't on great terms even now!

I wish Christmas Day was just simple and didn't have to be a competition for time!