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Christmas Day split with the ex - who gets the morning?

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Anonymous #7475

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Separated 18 months. Our daughter is 6. Last year was the first Christmas apart and her mum had her all day, I had Boxing Day. It was fine for my daughter but I spent the day on my own and it was grim.

This year I want to suggest alternating Christmas mornings. Her mum will say it's unsettling to move a kid halfway through the day.

What do other separated dads do? And how did you bring it up without it becoming a fight?

Anonymous #1ae0

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Friend of mine does 'Christmas Eve to midday Christmas Day' one year, 'midday Christmas Day to Boxing Day' the next. Kids get two Christmases, which they think is brilliant. Works because both live in the same borough.

Anonymous #11ae

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Raise it early, in writing, framed as 'what's best for her'. Not 'I deserve it'. Ex-partners respond better to a proposal than a complaint.

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