A mum of two small children is putting her foot down and refusing to let her in-laws watch their grandchildren open their gifts from Santa on Christmas morning.

The 28-year-old mum and her 27-year-old husband have two children, aged two and one, and they’re butting heads over how they should spend Christmas morning.

“For perspective, I am an only child,” the mum explained. “Christmas morning was always done at home with my parents, and after opening gifts, we’d head over to my grandparents to celebrate with them.”

In contrast, her husband in the middle child of three, and with family that lives far away, their Christmas mornings were sometimes at home and sometime at their grandparents’ houses.

“Before having kids, we’d stay with my husband’s family for a week or long weekend over Christmas. After having kids, I want to be home for Christmas morning, and then spend the rest of the day with my family or his family depending on year.

“Our kids are still young, but it is still such a special moment for me and I want it to be sacred and intimate amongst the four of us.”

“We only get so many years of little kids on Christmas morning and I want to soak up every single moment.”

The mum explained that her in-laws live three hours away, and her husband’s siblings will be staying there from December 22 until the 30th.

“No one else has kids yet. I told my husband that we should have our kids open up presents on Christmas morning, and then make the drive to their place shortly after. He is calling me selfish and inconsiderate of his parents’ feelings because it would mean the world to them to watch the grandkids open presents from Santa.

“His mum has made comments in the past how Santa would always travel for them wherever they went (being passive aggressive towards my feelings on it). We had the same argument last year.

“I told my husband that they had their turn with their own kids, and this is now about us and our children. I still want to see and celebrate with his family, but only after we have Christmas just the four of us on that morning. Am I being unreasonable?”

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