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This is Laura.

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Today's tip is to come up with creative ways to split the holidays.

If you have a big family, inevitably some folks are going to need or want to spend holidays with other sides of the family.

But if you plan well, you might be able to see everyone and avoid bad feelings, too. If you have a partner, it is possible that you live near

both sides of your family, or maybe one family loves to celebrate Thanksgiving,

while another leans more into Christmas,

or another religious holiday.

If so, that is great.

But many families wind up in more complicated situations.

Two sets of grandparents are many hours away from each other, and both want their whole broods under their roofs. Or maybe one particular family member

can't or won't travel, or has to work on the holiday itself, which means that people more often than not

wind up going to them. That means these travelers don't get to spend holiday time at home,

which many people like to do too. You can alternate doing Christmas and Thanksgiving with each

side of the family.

But what if another set of siblings is on a different schedule?

Then you are never seeing them.

Ideally, everyone is accommodating.

But that doesn't always happen.

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