Christmas is a time for families to be together.

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Read more to see why this family member will not be attending the family Christmas lunch.

 

AITA for refusing to drive 3 hours to Christmas lunch?

A week ago, I suggested to my brother that I host Christmas lunch at my place and have him and his wife over.

He liked the idea of spending Christmas together, but said he didn’t want to deal with the Christmas traffic to get to my side of the city.

Instead, he proposed that we celebrate on another day.

Things have been dramatic ever since.

I was fine with that and suggested we pick a location halfway between us if we weren’t going to meet on Christmas Day itself.

Fast forward to today, he called me after discussing it with his wife and offered to host at their place instead.

My first reaction was to ask if this didn’t just reintroduce the issue of having to deal with Christmas traffic—the very reason he didn’t want to come to my place.

He immediately got defensive and suggested we just do our own thing for the holidays.

It’s a bit complicated.

For context, my brother often drives long distances, while I rarely do.

Additionally, I have health issues that make long trips harder for me to manage.

So, AITA for not wanting to drive 3 hours each way for Christmas lunch, especially when he was the one who didn’t want to deal with traffic in the first place?

Here is what folks are saying.

The long drive is part of Christmas tradition! Put some tunes on.

 

The roads are fairly quiet then in Canada, too.

I’m not sure why they don’t meet halfway somewhere.

It doesn’t sound right, does it?

This sounds so lovely.

What a loving family!

Take the drive, buddy.

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