CYVIN

We're going to get a Christmas tree after we get back from disney world next week.  That's about the extent of our decorating.  Christmas itself is pretty maddening.  My parents just moved down and my wife's parent's insist on being here for Christmas too, so we get to run around "spending time" with everyone.

So next year, I'm creating a web form for my inlaws to "sign up" for holidays.  They have this habit of coming down and staying with us for EVERY damn holiday.  The form will, of course, only let them pick 3, and Thanksgiving and Christmas will be mutually exclusive - one or the other.

How about you?  Going back to Oz?

Disneyland is the one in California, and it isn't that great.  Disneyworld is in Florida and it's pretty nice. 

I can relate to having family members not getting along.  It got doubly complicated when I got married (and, of course, my parents and her parents don't get along) and worse when we had kids.

We're seriously talking about just going on a cruise or something next Christmas so we don't have to deal with the madness.

Disneyland is a park right in the middle of San Diego, with parking lots, stores, and whatnot on all sides.

Disneyworld is near Orlando, FL.  It's on a absolutely enormous piece of land with miles (and even more kilometers) surrounding it.

when I lived in detroit, my wife and i drove to disneyworld once.  we ended up buying a new car because the airline our tickets were with went on strike and the AC in my car was broken.  i drove 22 hours straight to get there.  not as bad as swimming, but close.

One of these years, I'm going to stay home and tell all of the rest of my family that we'll be over the day before or the day after.