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DEL.ICIO.USHalf ‘n’ half holiday
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The advent of the holiday season, of course, begs the question: How are you going to spend your time? If you’ve just recently begun dating someone this season, they most likely aren’t your first choice for prime time on Christmas morning.
But what if you have a significant other who has already met your parents and done the whole Christmas-at-their-house deal? And what if he or she has kids or other reasons for not traveling with you to your family’s place?
My sister’s beau, for example, has a pretty obvious solution. His family lives on the west coast, so flying home for Thanksgiving isn’t worth the travel. Their compromise is for him to spend Thanksgiving at our house with my sister, and then Christmas with his family out west.
But not everyone’s holiday plans pan out like his. How do you divide your “holiday time” between family and a significant other? (If you’re not serious with anyone now, dig deep back into your memory to when you were!)
Do you try to split the week (or day?) in half? Do you delegate one holiday to family and one to your SO? Do children factor into your equation?
Do your family and sweetie both live in the metro Atlanta area, or will you have to do some traveling this holiday season?
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