Holiday hosting can quickly become overwhelming.

The following story involves a woman who had hosted every major holiday for her husband’s family for years!

She has grown tired of it and now wants to take a break from hosting.

Read the full story below for all the details.

AITA for not wanting to host Christmas Day anymore?

My husband and I have hosted every major holiday at our house for the past 13 years.

This has been ever since my father-in-law passed away.

My mother-in-law now has health issues.

My brother-in-law is single, so the expectation has always been that we host.

This woman hasn’t spent holidays with her own family.

I went no contact with my mom’s side of the family over ten years ago.

I have a distant relationship with my dad, stepmom, and adult sisters who live out of state.

Because of that, I haven’t spent holidays with my own family in years.

Early on, if we even hinted at traveling to visit my family for the holidays, my mother-in-law would cry and guilt us into staying.

Or my husband would say we would have to bring his family with us.

Now, she just hates organizing every holiday for her extended family.

Now that MIL has health and mobility issues, it’s simply assumed that we stay home and host.

Every year, we spend Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day hosting my MIL and BIL.

At this point, I honestly hate the holidays.

I hate the constant cooking, cleaning, and planning.

I usually pay for everything, too.

I hate feeling like it’s entirely our responsibility to make the holidays happen for everyone else.

Her husband is tired of it, too.

My husband is tired of it, too. He feels like it’s his responsibility as the son.

I feel tied down and stuck. I am completely burned out.

I don’t want to host anymore, but I feel trapped by guilt and obligation.

At the very least, I want Christmas Day back. I don’t want to host that day going forward.

Would I be the jerk if I said I will no longer host Christmas Day?

Let’s find out what others have to say about this.

This person shares some sound advice.

This user makes a valid point.

This one makes sense, too.

People are taking her side.

Finally, short and simple.

Even Santa needs a break from cleaning up after everyone else.

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