Holidays are meant to spend quality time with family. But the question is who family house should we spend our holiday? Well, today I will share 5 tips on how I handle that situation. Let me start by saying there's plenty of holidays to go around for everyone, but you and your significant other will have to decide who gets what holiday. Also, both of you can alternate the holidays for the upcoming years as well.

Tip # 1: There are two holidays that you two probably would love to share and split the holiday time such as Mother's Day and Father's Day. So you both will visit your parents together on that day. After all, we only have one set of parents.However if both set of parents live out of town then you will decide who parents this year, and next year the other set of parents.

Tip # 2: Decide on which holiday such as Thanksgiving or Christmas that you and the significant other will spend time with each other to make that a traditional holiday for your immediate family. If you two can decide that this is going to be OUR home holiday where you will have all the trimmings and fine feast. Together your immediate family will spend that time together. So decide if it will be carving turkey together or opening presents together. So the one that you don't choose will be the holiday that you can alternate each year between the two families.

Tip # 3: Holiday is a time for giving and sharing. So on the 4 of July or Easter the two of you can invite both set of parents over to your house for family holiday dinner. When you are doing the cooking at your house, now the solution is solved on who house should we spend this holiday. Or you can have everyone show up at restaurant and everyone will be at one place at the same time.

Tip # 4: Don't forget those Special times holiday where the two of you will spend quality time nuturing each other such as New Year's Day, Valentine's Day and Sweetest Day. These holidays will be the time that you spend with each other on a get-away trip. This is a day where you will go to an all day spa. So every holiday can be a blessing with each other or with extended family.

Tip # 5 Now with the left over Holidays such as St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, Halloween etc...you both might decide that you will each just go and stop by your family without each other. It's fine if on some holidays he visit his people and you visit your people. Some days you might just want to hang around your sisters or brothers vise versa. That way after you both have dropped by family, you can end up at your home and celebrate the holiday together.

Now these are just some suggestions. Each family will have to find what works best for their family. What we don't want is a bunch of confusion. Keep working on compromising, loving, sharing, and giving that's what family holidays are all about.