Where to spend Christmas

The decision about whose family to spend Christmas with has always been fairly straightforward. As I was on-call two Christmases out of three, I couldn’t travel too far away (particularly as I always had babies due) so those Christmases were always spent with Michael’s family who live near to us. If I was on holiday, we spent Christmas with my family – which is what we’re doing this year. Of course, now that I’m about to become self-employed, I can choose whether I’m on-call at Christmas and where to spend it. Maybe next year we’ll just stay in our own house.