Hello and Happy Wednesday!
This morning I had my first awkward boob sweat situation. It’s weird that this hasn’t happened to me before, but I usually get completely sweaty not just in this areola area. I think it’s the combo of the shirt and sports bra I was wearing.
Breakfast of Monicans… EGGS for days
Last night I made a healthy pull apart bread and proceeded to eat half of it. It was AWESOME. Recipe coming soon!
Day 18 – Text 3 people you haven’t talked to in a while “hello!” Yes, you can text me if you want
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Despite my plan to stay healthy during my 6 weeks of back to back races I ended up getting sick right after Disney’s Wine and Dine Half Marathon. I got a flu shot, I took Vitamin C but I still ended up with a cough that would not go away!
Seriously I had it for the longest time and hit up CVS for Ricola cough drops multiple times so when a company rep reached out to do a giveaway I was all about it!
Especially since at that point I gave Ben my cough – note: he opened the Ricola package right away and I didn’t get a picture of the awesome box they sent it in!

Anyway. I am usually a fan of the store brand versions of things, but Ricola cough drops are no joke – especially when you travel as much as I do and don’t want to be that gross cougher on the plane. You gotta go with the legit stuff!
So Ricola is helping one RER reader NOT be that gross cougher with a Soothing Relief fit AND a $100 gift card!
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Are you celebrating the holidays at your home or traveling to family/friends?
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I am traveling to my parents in Iowa
Both-ish. Staying home and then traveling about 20 minutes up the road to visit family. Looking forward to both!
I’m going to my in law’s place. They live nearby.
Traveling to see both of our families.
We are celebrating the holidays at home in sunny South Florida where most of our family resides.
We’ll be staying in town, but making the rounds between sides of the family.
Travelled. Back home in South OC!!! I’d say maybe I’ll see you out on the Laguna Hills trails, but I pulled my hip flexor #majorwasteofgoodrunningweather 😛
We are very blessed to have my family very close. We will spend the night at our house and then drive 5 miles to my parents house. My husbands family is spread out so we will most likely drive 30 miles to his brothers house.
We are lucky enough to have most of our family nearby. We celebrate with my husband’s family on Christmas Eve, and then we do a big breakfast/brunch and presents at our house with my mom and stepson on Christmas Day!
Home then to syracuse ny the day after
I’m traveling to CA to be with family and friends! I can’t wait! Happy Holidays everyone!
Hmmm, does going 5 miles down the road to my parents house count as traveling for the holidays? It’s great being so close to everyone all year round 🙂
I’ll be spending the morning at home with my hubby, then the afternoon/evening with his parents, siblings, and their kids (only about 45 min. away).
Home! Luckily my family and my fiance’s family is in the same city so we can spend time with both! 🙂
I was planning to travel but those plans fell through. Will be staying home in NY now!
Staying home and enjoying it with our little ones!
I’ll be staying home for the most part but might go visit a friend.
At home with my husband.
Both! Home for Christmas Day, visiting friends at night. Traveling to see family for Christmas #2 on Saturday. Lots of celebrating! 🙂
I’m happy to report that I am staying put!!!
Travel, travel, travel. We visit as many people as we can fit in. CRAZY!
I’m celebrating at home this year.Looking forward to good food & lots of relaxation!
Both, my family is all local but we have to make the rounds to see everyone.
I will be staying in town and celebrating with my family.
At home!
I love Ricolas. I used to sneak them as candy when I was a kid! I’m staying home and spending Xmas with my family! They should be so lucky to have =P
Traveling to Disney world and then to friends. We will be back for New years Eve to celebrate with local friends.
Happy Holidays!
traveling! but not far just a 2 hour drive
Staying home!
Mostly staying at home with the husband, though we may make the 2 hour drive to see his family the weekend after Xmas. It’ll be nice and quiet, that’s for sure. 🙂
Both home with my family and traveling to visit the husband’s family
Well this year we are going to my brother-in-laws.
we were going to Christmas dinner home but after shopping for everyone we are really short on money and I would only be able feed my family chicken nuggets and mac and cheese so we decided to go to a house that has food 😉
We will be staying put for the holidays because my husband will be getting home to PA tomorrow after several weeks in CA! Can’t wait!
Ps. He got sick traveling to CA with all the nasty germies everywhere on the planes and airports. He probably could have used some of these 🙂
Both, Christmas at home with my family then traveling for New Year’s for the BF’s family.
Thankfully my whole family lives around here, so I will not be traveling!
We are going to my family’s! It is just across town, but I’m so excited 😀
We have 5 kids so we are staying at home this year.
Both! Day drinking is encouraged at both so I’m not going to complain!
Staying home with the family and friends
ill be cozy at home with my little family 🙂
we staying home this year
I’m celebrating Christmas at home with family and then driving to visit friends for a fancy New Year’s Eve party! Lots of fun ahead!
i am celebrating at home and with my husband; no family nearby.
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celebrating at home!
Travel with a side of travel.
Love the boob sweat comment – I have that problem all the time, so I stay away from grays and darker colored shirts. Or the camera!! Happy Holidays!
I am going about 20 min north and i am so excited bc i get off early that day!! i am making spinach dip omg its the bomb.com
i hope i win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m going to my parents’ house, which luckily isn’t that far away from mine.
Oh, and I love Ricola… none of that sugar-free junk. I mostly use it for nausea, actually!
I’m traveling to Baltimore to meet up with our whole family!!
I’m going to my mom and dad’s house which is 3 miles from me so kinda traveling but not really=)
Traveling the 23rd and 24th then having family over for Christmas Dinner on the 25th. Merry Christmas!
Flying to Chicago with my husband, kids and in-laws to spend the holiday with my sis-in-law! Can’t wait!
Home! Home! Home!
Get well kit and gift card, yes please!
Traveling! I am headed south to sunny Florida and I’m looking forward to the warm weather. Just trying not to freak out about needing to leave town in a few days . . . when will it all get done??
We will be traveling to visit family 🙂
Staying at home, and I cannot wait to have some time off!
Also, I would like to thank you for using a Chris Trager gif –he is *literally* one of my favorite characters ever.
We celebrate at home… but start at our house, visit my godson, neighbors, host people, then have Christmas Dinner at a neighbors. All around FANTASTIC day.
At home with family.
Both! Traveling to the in-laws and my family’s house on Christmas day.
We are starting at home and then traveling…will be a long day!
I am staying local and relaxing this year for Christmas!
I will be celebrating at home since my sister and her family will be visiting from South Carolina. Merry Christmas!
At home in Connecticut with my family!
We celebrate Christmas at home in the morning and travel in the afternoon to the family gathering.
We’ll be spending Christmas at home, but hitting up Minneapolis for New Year’s!
We do a little traveling, but driving not flying.
We celebrate at home. Being in Rural MN in the Winter, you never know what the weather will be like, so its safe to get everyone here and stay put! Way less stress that way to!
We’re traveling. I feel you on the cough. They linger around forever. You start to feel like your a coal miner with the black lung syndrome.
This year we are spending a quiet Christmas at home with an awesome brunch menu… Quiche, pancakes, veggies galore, and of course dessert!
I’m traveling to see family.. leaving tomorrow. So excited!
Just me, my husband and the four-legged babies will be celebrating ON Christmas. The family might once over the day after but nothing is confirmed yet.
A little of both! We’re going to my husband’s parents’ house, which is in the same town as ours, for Christmas, then traveling to see my family in NJ the weekend between Christmas and New Years.
Staying in town and celebrating with family and friends!
At home thank goodness. Traveling with four kids during Christmas = Mommy meltdown.
Thanks for the opportunity! I’m doing a little bit of both. Christmas eve we go out of town to my dad’s side and Christmas day we have my mom’s side at our house!
We’ll be doing both this year–traveling before, Christmas day at home, and then traveling more after!
We go to both of our parents house’s but they don’t live too far from us. Can’t wait for Christmas!
I’ll be traveling, spending time with my nephews and nieces. Can’t wait!
Christmas will be spent at home, and at relative’s homes that are in the same state. So travelling some days, but not too far!
Driving home to Columbus, OH from Atlanta to see my parents! Enjoying home for the holidays 🙂
Christmas will be spent at my grandma and grandpa’s house, but they are only a few blocks away!
I’ll be visiting my parents in Illinois for Christmas!
Also, I love the Chris Traeger gif 🙂
I just bought like 4 packages of Ricola! I love the extra strength ones because they work and are the only ones that work!
I am going to my parents for Christmas. Then the day after Christmas going to Disneyland! Woohoo! Lots of driving though.
Celebrating at home!
Merry Christmas, Monica!
I will be local (Rhode Island) for Christmas Eve with my mom- then my boyfriend will join us later that evening. Christmas Day I will be traveling 2 hours north to be with my family in New Hampshire! Happy Holidays!
We are doing several celebrations which makes for a lot of traveling this next week.
My family is local so we’ll be home for the holidays. Wouldn’t have it anyother way.
I am NOT traveling for the first time in years. YEARS! It’s going to be AWESOME.
Staying home. Have to work the day after Christmas :(((
I’ll be staying at home!
I’m celebrating one last Christmas morning at home before getting married next summer. Kind of bittersweet. So excited for marriage but a little worried that Santa won’t visit next year! Ha!
I will be spending time with both my family as well as with my boyfriend’s family! Starting the 23rd-25th we’re booked solid, then again on the 29th! Cannot wait!!
My husband and I get the entire two weeks off this year and will be traveling close to 700 miles to spend the holidays with family!
i will technically be celebrating Christmas day at home, but am having a delayed celebration a week later! i am all about making Christmas celebrations last as long as possible. 🙂
I came home to celebrate with my mom!
I will be celebrating at home here in Wisconsin!
I will be celebrating with my family and luckily they live close to me so I won’t have to travel to far!
I’m traveling, but only one hour to my SIL’s. It’ll be great becasue I don’t have to clean. I’ll help but it’s less stressful!
celebrating from home. keeping low key, which is what I like.
I am hosting 9 adults and 2 dogs at my house! its going to be nutty but isn’t that what the holidays are all about!? 😉
We’re staying in town at my house for one Christmas. Yay for not having to leave the house!
I’m going on my first cruise to the Caribbean. I’m pumped!
We are traveling 2 hours by car to be with our families Christmas Day. First time in 5 years we can drive since we just moved back to our home state.
Staying home! can’t wait!
I am doing both! Christmas eve home and Christmas day away. I am ALWAYS seated next to the “cough-er” on the plane!
I am heading home for Christmas. I can’t wait to spend some time with my family.
Oh and that sweat….that happened to me. In hot yoga. The only sweat marks I had were two tiny little round sweaty nip marks.
Lovely!
At my momy’s home (20 minutes away) and my inlaws (2 hours away), so technically, “traveling” since we will be in the car…
Ricola all the way!
We are staying home, having Eve celebrations at our house, then we will head 20mins to my sisters on the 25th!
Merry Merry!
I’m traveling from Baltimore to Northern NY (practically Canada), two locations in PA, and DC. It’s going to be a whirlwind tour. Can’t wait!
We are headed to spend the weekend with family this weekend, but will be home for christmas eve and christmas day!
We are going to my parents house! So my old home. 🙂
Happy Holidays!
Love Ricola! We will be at home on Christmas Eve and going to family’s house later in the day on Christmas Day. But no far travel, just across town 🙂
Kiddos first Christmas pageant! And I looove ricola.
I am traveling, but fortunately, my family live within 3 hours of me so getting together isn’t too much trouble.
We are spending the morning at home, then going to see family later on in the day. 🙂
Traveling to MA and NY but so excited to do it!
I love Ricola! And I love to say RIIIIIIcoLAAA!
Staying home this year, I am refusing to travel!
I will be traveling to South Dakota TOMORROW to spend 10 DAYS with my family! I love this time of year and am so grateful that I have a career (teaching) that allows me to be with my loved ones.
I am traveling to Illinois from Florida (brrrrrrrrrr) to spend the holidays with my husband’s family. He is lucky I love him because its going to be 83 degrees this Saturday in Florida and like 9 in Illinois!
Traveling but everyone is within 1-2 hours.
Ricola is my favorite…because I’m Swiss!
Staying home and traveling. Home with the family on Christmas Eve and traveling Christmas Day.
I’ll be driving to NY to spend the holidays with my family. Including my extended family who for the first time ever is coming up from Florida for Christmas!
My husband and I will be traveling to visit with his family. We do a lot of driving within a few days but it’s totally worth it to be able to visit with everyone.
I’m on my way to New York right now to meet my mom at her best friends house and stay through Christmas. My sister moved to New York last year too so she’ll be joining us
Traveling to LA to visit my in-laws! And we’re spending Christmas in Vegas because we’re classy like that.
We are spending holidays at home!!
We are having Christmas Eve at our house for my side of the family – just a bunch of appetizers and what not. And then Christmas day is at my in-laws. She’s making my favorite – roast beef and mashed potatoes! Yummy!
I will be traveling to be with family!
We are leaving warm and sunny Florida and traveling to be with family in warm and sunny Arizona. I wish we were going to some place cold and snowy though!
I’ll be having a party with my whole family at my house! I am so excited
It will be just me, my boy and my new pup for Christmas this uear
I will be travelling this weekend to my Boyfriend’s mom’s house and then we will come back home to celebrate christmas eve and christmas day with my family!
Celebrating at home! 🙂
Staying home!! The family comes to us! 🙂
I am staying home! I am very lucky to have most of my family close to me. I hate when I get weird sweat marks at the gym!
We are going to my sister’s house. She lives about 45 minutes away, so my whole side of the family will be there. I like local traveling- especially at this time of the year!
Traveling (by car) to my parent’s house 5 hours away. Over the mountains and through the woods…
Half/half for me actually, my family lives in germany and I won’t be seeing them but I am celebrating with my in-laws 🙂
I am having everyone to my house this year! A packed house for a week!
Luckily my entire family lives within 45 minutes of me, so we’re all celebrating at one place! So thankful because traveling makes the holidays WAY more stressful!
We are staying at home for Christmas this year 🙂
We will also be doing both, which makes things a little hectic but we get to see a lot of people.
I just returned from over a year abroad so I will definitely be celebrating at home with family!
Traveling this weekend to visit my parents and celebrate Christmas but the actual holiday, we will be home! Baby’s first Christmas this year!
Home with the family!
Oh you poor thing running with a cough sucks.
We do both. We have family at our house and we travel. Not more than one a day but it still gets hectic.
Traveling! I’m heading back to VA on Tuesday to spend the holidays with my family 🙂
Celebrating in NYC!!!!! Leaving FL for the cold, yes that’s how us Floridians roll in the winter 😉
I will be travelling for the holidays! I’m making the long journey from Houston to St. Louis with my pup!!!
We will be at home but my inlaws are visiting… Wish I was going to Florida instead though to see my family :/
Home with hubby, 2 daughters, and new addition, daughter’s fiance.
We are traveling, but not staying overnight for the first time. That’s going to feel great because this is our first Christmas as a married couple!
Staying home!! And I am so excited about it. I have almost 2 weeks off and can’t wait!!!
We’re driving a total of 27 hours to see all the family.
we are staying local (my mom’s for xmas eve, MIL’s for xmas day) because I have to work xmas night-but at least I get time and a half!
Ricola cough drops are the only ones I use…those other types taste nasty. I’ll be traveling lots to see family this holiday season. Happy Holidays!
I’ll be with my family on Christmas Eve, but then they are leaving me to visit my sister in Colorado on Christmas Day. Boo.
I think the plan is still in the air…either Im staying here or I am going to my grandmas!
We are staying at home this year.
I’m staying home for Christmas and hosting some friends who are also without family for the holidays 🙂
Staying home for christmas but traveling to florida after! We are hoping for at least one beach day!
I am traveling to snowy upstate NY to visit my family for Christmas! Its going to be COLD!
Heading to Oregon tomorrow evening til Sunday for Xmas #1. Xmas #2 with in laws and friends to buffer the inlaw vibe at our house on Xmas eve.. #3 with just us 5 on Xmas day. Its mentally exhausting.
Neither: We are traveling to get away from family! (Not joking). We don’t have kids, while our other relatives in town (who are extended family – hub’s cousins, etc) have tons. We don’t feel close enough to them to buy presents for all their kids, but feel weird spending xmas with them without providing presents. So, we figured out to just go out of town every Christmas. It’s pretty great!
Many Homes – his mom’s (Christmas Eve), mine (Christmas morning) and my mom’s (Christmas dinner). Fortunately all within 25 miles of each other ;o)
home 🙂 thanks for the giveaway!
Staying home (in town). Doing some house hopping with my husband and daughter 🙂
HOME!
We get to stay home.this year and I am so excited! Love my family but it’ll be nice to relax.
Travelled to visit my family back home!
Flying back to the east coast to see my family for almost a whole week! I’m pretty excited (but will miss the kitties and pup!)
Going to Disney to meet up with family!
i’ll be at the inlaws the day of, but they’re just 25 minutes away.
A lot of family is coming my way this year beginning Sunday… I hope I make it through 😛
Home for the holidays and then Pasadena for the Rose Bowl!! 🙂
I will be spending my Christmas at home with my awesome husband and our crazy dogs
Staying home, my family is all here!
I will be traveling 0.9 miles to my parents’ house to celebrate Christmas Eve with them and my brothers and their families.
Christmas morning my parents will come over to my house for breakfast and to watch my girls open gifts. Then my girls go to their dad’s for a few days. And I will spend the rest of Christmas day at my parents house for an open house for extended family.
I am traveling about 6 hours by car to spend Christmas with my parents and siblings.
Home! But the running group will have a short run in the morning. We’ll have our early Xmas breakfast cum get-together this Saturday.
I’m traveling home to be with family! I live ten hours from my parents so I definitely cherish time with them. I’m looking forward to lots of food and festivities with the fam.
I’m staying home for the holidays and spending time with family.
My family is local so we will visit them but for the most part I will be at my house celebrating with my husband and four kids on Christmas day.
Home! <3
we are traveling to STL to celebrate with my family! couldn’t be more excited, and better stay healthy!
Celebrating at home! That’s some hilarious boob sweat.
I’m traveling ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! Up to upstate NY this weekend to spend time with my fiancé, then to western PA to spend Christmas with my brother and his family and my parents, then down to GA with my parents where I grew up, then flying back to NY to do New Year’s Eve/Day/a few days after with my fiancé again before driving back to Philadelphia! Crazy!
working I have seasonal busy holiday job
I’ll be traveling up north for Christmas
Staying home this year and looking forward to it!
My family’s local, so staying home it is!
We always stay home for the holidays. My birthday is the 23rd, so I throw a big party that night. Then, we have a big Christmas Eve party the next night. It’s one big week of celebration and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I will be traveling a whole 10 miles to my aunts house, and also working 🙂
I travel every single week for work, so I’m SO excited to be staying at HOME (well, at my parents’ house, but we live in the same city) for the holidays!
I will stay at home in the morning while my kids open their presents, then we go one block away to my in-laws for dinner and hanging out the rest of the day.
I get to stay home and family is coming to me:)
my poor 6 yr old is coughing up a storm, and I don’t know if he is old enough for cough drops…nor do I know if his school will allow them. I haven’t given him hard candy, unless a stick is attached (aka a lollipop)
Traveling to see the in-laws!
Celebrating at home.
We are celebrating at home! Hoping for more snow!!
We are going to Milwaukee this weekend to celebrate with my in laws, then hosting my family at our house (Minneapolis) for the first time on Christmas Eve!
Yep! spending Christmas with my family and New Years with my in laws. Both of which live in different cities/provinces than we do!
i’m celebrating the holidays with my family – no traveling for me =)
I am traveling “home” to see family and friends. Ricola is the sh*+!!
I’m spending it at my parents in my hometown — the fam is coming in, can’t wait!!
I will be heading home to my parents and my doggy for Christmas!
Celebrating at home
My hubby and I are traveling to visit both of our families in Houston!
I wish I could go home-home this year (in the military)! Duty calls, but I have fiance and friends to spend my holiday with. 🙂
My husband and I are traveling four hours south to spend Christmas at my brother and SIL’s house. I can’t wait to see my little niece! 🙂
We don’t live very far from both sets of in-laws so it’s traveling for us.
I’m headed to Denver on Saturday to spend the holidays with my family 🙂
Going to my sister-in-laws house then my parents house. All are pretty close though.
We will be staying home this year:)
Thankfully we are staying home this year, which is cool because traveling with 3 kids under 5 isn’t always a treat 🙂
We are traveling, only a 4 hour drive, but we are spending the entire week on the other side of the state with out of town family. We LOVE the years (we flip flop every other year traveling and staying home) we get to travel for Christmas, it makes it so much more festive!
We are celebrating at home and heading over to family that are only about fifteen minutes away.
I actually have a cold right now and am pregnant so I can’t take anything for it! So this is a great giveaway, thanks.
I am going to be in town spending it with family.
I’ll be traveling both days to different aunts houses, but both are less than 10 miles away! One is actually less than a mile, does that even count as traveling?
I’m traveling, but fortunately all the stops I make
Are within 30 minutes of each other!
Both – my family is in town still which is nice and then we’re traveling for the BFs family. I believe we’ll be celebrating Christmas 4 times…
Driving home to maine to spend it with ma and pa – hope you have a Feliz Navidad!!
Celebrating at my home! Yay!!
Homestyle. Can’t wait for time off with my family.
i’m visiting my sister in hawaii right now, but going back home to CA for xmas with my parents!
We’re fortunately where all the celebrations are, so we don’t have to travel!
Packin’ up the car and heading up to the BFs family. A 7-hour drive away, but I love Christmas so not even that can dampen my spirit!
Traveling! First year as a married couple!
Celebrating with my husbands family, really not looking forward to it :/
We are celebrating Christmas at my house this year, & my parents will be coming over for dinner.
Holidays at home as tradition insists! It is even more special now that all us kiddos are in college and apart for most of the year 🙂
Christmas eve with family, then headed from Chicago to Portland, OR to see my boyfriend!
I’m driving north to Rhode Island to spend time with my family. 🙂
We are traveling by car to meet up with family at a water park. But we just got back from a week in Disney and unfortunately brought home some cold germs! Merry Christmas…here’s a kleenex! 🙂
Visiting my sister and parents but just a 30 minute drive—-super excited,too!!
Home! I do not plan on getting out of my pajamas all day. 😉
Ugh, I have had a cough for two weeks now. I will have to try Ricola and see if it will kick it out!
We are spending Christmas st home but have to travel two and a half hours to the inlaws on the 28th.
I just started a new job and only have Christmas Day off, so I’m staying put in Boston 🙂
Visiting family for Christmas then celebrating New Years with Friends. 🙂
Celebrating with my mom and sister on a cruise to Grand Cayman and Cozumel! First cruise! Then to Asheville for the weekend with the manfriend. Should be quite a different Christmas than one at home!
I’m visit family out of state, and driving! 9 hours here we come!
My fiancées family if flying her from IN and I’m so excited just to be able to relax at home with family for the holidays!
We are staying home and celebrating with just our family…its OK…we will be fine! (My son had a cough…not much else…lasted at least a month …just cray I tell ya!)
We will be driving with two dogs and a baby. Through LA traffic. Oh boy.
We are staying home.
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Traveling, but only 20 minutes a few towns away, so I’m not sure that even counts!
Christmas morning we will be opening presents are our house. Then travel to families house!
I’m celebrating Christmas with family.
Ill be spending the holidays at home. Won’t get to spend time with family till January…so sad 🙁 maybe next year
Staying home this year!
not sure where i’ll be yet…..
I’ll be at the hospital tending to those who won’t be making it home!
I am traveling but only an hour and half drive so not that bad! Can’t wait!
KILLER BOOB SWEAT! (consider that one of my awesome random texts of the day. You’re welcome
I am very excited to celebrate the holidays. My sister/bestie from Ohio will be here from the 20-25th even though she is leaving Xmas day it will still be tons of fun!
Christmas is at home. I hate to travel for it. I’m a grinch.
We are celebrating the holidays at our parents houses! One day with my parents, the other with his! 🙂
I am already at my parents’ house!
All of the above! It’s going to be super busy starting Saturday! 🙂 Merry Christmas!
traveling within our state!
well, a little bit of both. merry Christmas.
We will be staying local but will travel to various houses. The joys of divorced parents… 🙂
Celebrating at home, thankfully!!
We’ll be staying in LA for the first time ever, just me and the hubby and the dog. I CAN’T WAIT.
At home. The majority of my family lives near me, so I don’t have to travel to visit.
I’m traveling to visit my family in your neck of the woods. So stoked for a warm Christmas in OC!
At home with family.
We will trave
Traveling up to VA to be with my family! Hoping that the climate change won’t make me sick!
My in laws are flying in from PA. My husband has declared that the kids will spend Christmas in their own home.
We’ll be staying home this year-my first Christmas away from family.
We just got back from traveling for an early holiday celebration, so we will be celebrating just the two of us at home on Christmas Day!
Traveling from Connecticut to my cousin’s house in Tennessee
Okay that is some strange sweat marks! lol I don’t think that has ever happened to me lol
We’re flying from Florida to Seattle — plenty of time to catch some nasty airplane germs. Blech.
I celebrate with my family in my hometown! Love being around everyone!
I am celebrating with both my family and my husbands family for Christmas. This involves us staying at my parents house (which is about 20 minutes away from mine) on Christmas eve night to wake up with my family, then driving to hubbys Moms place about two hours away on Christmas afternoon! Busy busy! But oh so fun 🙂
i loled at your boob sweat!! you go girl :)) it was nature’s way of helping out the IBTC member 😉
i have a DISGUSTING cough right now and could really use some ricola drops!
I’ll be heading to my parents and grandmothers house. They don’t live too far – about 10 minutes.
Heading home for the first time in a year! Excited but scared to celebrate with my family in the frozen tundra!
At home this year!
I will be traveling to see my family! Merry Christmas
all my family is in town no traveling for me.
Home for the holidays!
Visiting family that’s local!
Luckily we will be staying local with a new baby we don’t want to risk anyone getting sick through traveling!
After being away for Thanksgiving, I’m excited to say that family is coming to me this time!
I am going back to Ohio to spend 2 weeks with my children. I miss them so much it will be great to spend that time with them.
Ricola cough dropsare seriously the best ever. This year for christmas we are traveling to my boyfirends family gathering this coming weekend and the celebrating with mine on Christmas! Should be a good time!
I’m Working! I don’t get enough time off to travel for the holidays, so I will be at work and at home.
I’ll be heading home this Friday to spend the holiday with my parents and sisters! So excited — it’s rare that we all get together.
Celebrating at my parents place, 6 hours north of where I live! Solid boob sweat : ) I wore a pair of blue cotton (WTF) running tights last night and whole crotch disaster. Note to self – only wear black bottoms. AWKWARD.
I will be home for Christmas! I’m working Christmas ( hospitals don’t close), but I’ll be going back to Vegas for new years to see my parents and friends!!
We’re going to my in-laws. It’s not really traveling, ‘cuz….they are our neighbors 🙂 Lol.
celebrating at home!
We’re staying home, but will be traveling an hour north to see my husband’s family – nbd though. I LOVE Ricola. I get sick pretty often this time of year as a teacher and these are straight up lifesavers 🙂
I’ staying at hoe with my family, but my sister came from Seattle so that super exciting!!
whoops! forgot to include where I am going home for Christmas and absolutely CANNOT wait! Can’t wait to spend time with my family…I have missed them ever so much!
I’m traveling to spend it with my little sister and my nephews and nieces.
I’m celebrating the holidays at my mom’s house which is just a short drive away.
what an awesome giveaway!love the matte gold salad set! so fabulous!
I am celebrating with family this Sunday and with more family on Christmas Day!
Traveling to Ohio to see my family and then Denver to see the inlaws! Will be a whirlwind!
We are celebrating at home this year.
I’m celebrating the holidays at home AND with family and friends in the same city!
home for the holidays 🙂
I’ll be traveling about an hour for Christmas with my dad’s side and 30 minutes for moms side. No big vacations planned for this girl.
Our plans are still up in the air but we are hoping to be able to go home and spend it with family! 🙂
Home and hosting the meal, which I love.
I’m staying home so I won’t see my family this year =/
I have to travel 2 hours to be with family – hopefully the weather won’t be too bad!
I am traveling to my side of the family and my fiances– lots of driving but worth it!
Mostly celebrating at home, with 3 little girls it just makes the most sense to let everyone come to us. We do travel locally to my sil’s for Christmas Eve and then again to a friend’s for NYE.
My husband is in the Air Force so we don’t have any family nearby (except for our military family!) but we are looking forward to a Christmas with just the two of us!
I’ll be staying home for the first time in 5 years. So excited!
I’ll be traveling home to sunny Southern California to see my parents! Can’t wait to run outside in shorts 🙂
We are staying home for Christmas Day so Santa won’t have trouble finding my two little guys! The day after we’ll head out to see family!!
Staying home for Christmas!
Home! Traveling for Thanksgiving was more than enough for me, thanks. 🙂
I’ll be staying home and visiting family that are close. Merry Christmas!!
I’ll be spending it at my parents’ – luckily it is only a 20 minute drive!
Both! We are spending time with both of our families over the holidays and having a just-us Christmas Day at home!
Traveling to the Midwest. I am NOT looking forward to the 60 degree drop in temperature I will experience!
Travelling to my parents!
traveling…to iowa. (why can’t my family live in a warm place?!?!)
celebrating at home with friends and family 🙂
I’m traveling to my uncle’s like we do every year! And I’m going to eat 6,000 pounds of pasta and cake and it will be amazing and joyous.
At home with the family, fiance and dogs.
We celebrate xmas eve at home, and then go to my rents’ house on the day to celebrate.
And I just wanted to say my throat is scratchy right now, so I should totally win. 🙂
We will be visiting my husbands family on Christmas this year. They live about 2 hours away. We are going to fly to see my family in January.
Traveling to parents house but luckily it’s not too far. Will be nice to see the whole family!
I am staying home with my family. I have tried to convince them to get a beach house together and celebrate a warm Christmas but no one wants to break tradition.
I am celebrating Christmas at work delivering Christmas babies! Then traveling over the weekend.
I’ll be traveling from MN to IL… From extremely cold to regular cold.
At home with the in laws AND parents!! Wish me luck!
I’ll be home for Christmas!
I’ll be home for Xmas, but am leaving for Hawaii soon after to get married! I am taking precautions to avoid being sick while traveling .
At home with my family! 🙂
At home!
We saw the extended family for Thanksgiving and are staying home for Christmas this year!
Celebrating right here at home!
And I have had some form of cold, nasty cough since the Monday before Thanksgiving. So. Totally. Over. It.
At my parent’s house Christmas Eve (40 mins away)
Christmas morning my house with my hubby, 7 year old , 2 year old and my 2 dogs
Christmas afternoon at my in laws with a million family members(10 mins away)
Traveling to my parents. My little nine month old nephew will be there!
Going home to my dad’s house. Absolutely cannot wait.
Celebrating at home.
I am traveling. Not looking forward to the 8.5 hour drive, but am looking forward to seeing family and friends!
Since I don’t celebrate Christmas (my holiday was in November this year) I am going to bum off my bf’s family because I love Christmas! Even though it’s not my holiday, I still enjoy celebrating it (a lot)!
Both. Spending Christmas Eve at my house and then traveling on Christmas day to see family. Praying they don’t get 10 inches of snow this year, like they did last year, and that we can go see them!
We are staying home this year! It’s my son’s first Christmas so relatives can come to us!!
My husbands and my anniversary is soon so we always take a trip over the holidays to reconnect!
Traveling to see my family since I didn’t get to for Thanksgiving!
Christmas at home, NYE in Big Bear 🙂
I’ll be spending the holiday at home with my new husband. I promised him our first married Christmas would be relaxing and quiet after our wedding in Nov this year 🙂
I agree, Ricola are the best. Thankfully I have not had to use them yet this year:) I will be spending the holidays traveling to Iowa to see family – including my newest nephew who was born yesterday!
We are celebrating all over the place! But we aren’t traveling far and we are staying in the Portland, Maine, area (home) This post was extra amusing! Thanks, as always!
Going home to my mom’s!
Staying home and celebrating with friends
my inlaws are traveling from Michigan to stay with us in North Carolina!
Working in retail has never allowed me to travel home for the holidays. Somehow we still manage to have a wonderful time. Snowshoeing is top on our list this year!
I am staying home this year and super excited!!
3 Christmases at our home and 2 at the relatives. Busy but blessed.
We’re celebrating it at “home” meaning Christmas eve with my husband’s family and Christmas with my family. But luckily no major traveling involved 🙂
A little of both. Home for Christmas morning, then traveling.
We are traveling but everyone is close by so it’s only about an hour each way, not bad at all. I love the holidays and my family so it’s totally worth it.
PS Did you throw that tortilla onto your electric cook top to get those grill marks or did those come through the pan? Either way it gave me a solid laugh so thanks for that!
Staying home, but I’m making my kids travel to see me!
I don’t celebrate Christmas, so just sticking around and relaxing
We are traveling a bunch of different directions over the holidays, my husband and I live away from both of our families, who of course live no where near eachother!
I am hosting this year which I am very nervous/excited about!
I’m going to Hawaii with my family. Mele kelikimaka!
We’re doing both! Waking up Christmas morning at our house, then headed a few hours north to the grandparents!
Traveling back to Chicago for almost two full weeks!
Traveling a short distance on Christmas Day to see family!
At my parents home, they live in the area so no traveling for me
Staying home in Cali. No need to travel when EVERY SINGLE ONE of my family members lives within an hour of each other.
We are staying home and I can’t wait!
We are going from Minnesota to boston to Colorado for the holidays. This
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My husband and I have 4 Christmas’s to go to! Luckily the farthest we have to drive is one hour.
We will be traveling a short distance to my mom and dad’s house to celebrate Christmas.
All my family lives in the area so we see lots of family during the holidays!
at home with my husband
Sorry for another comment, but I totally forgot to write this on an earlier comment. Unfortunately my sweat looks like that more than often, than not. It’s a running joke between my best friend and I. I now have to be conscious of what type of shirts/tanks I buy for the gym. I sweat like a crazy person and more than not it turns out like yours today! 🙁
Going to my parents Christmas Eve and my in-laws Christmas Day. 🙂
We are doing a little bit of both!
We’ll be traveling, by car, with the dog, to see my family and my in-laws.
Celebrating it at home with my dad!
I’m so grateful we all (the fam bam) live in the same city. No significant traveling for anyone. I’m more worried about getting sick at the mall or somewhere random like that 😉
Heading to Israel tonight for winter break from med school!
We are celebrating at home this year!
I am staying local. Most of my family lives nearby so this saves on travel costs. Win!
We are staying home for our daughter’s first Christmas. She’s a preemie baby so we are on lock down this cold/flu/rsv season! Maybe next year I’ll see my family!
I’m heading to Freemont, CA to see my sister & her hubs, first time since last Christmas & the first time I’ll go to San Francisco too!
We are celebrating pretty much at home, and going to also celebrate Christmas Eve and Day with some nearby relatives…….Happy holidays Monica!
I will be staying local and going to my sisters.
What a wonderful giveaway! I’m a huge Ricola fan; they were my salvation when I was a singer.
I’ll be visiting my family this weekend, but Christmas is just going to be me, the husband, and our dog! A nice, quiet first Christmas.
We are doing both although our travel is relatively close to home. On Christmas day we will be hanging out at home enjoying our own Christmas traditions.
Staying home which will be really nice.
I will be “Home for Christmas”!
I am doing both this year. Home for Christmas and leaving the day after. I am currently battling a cold too, and would love for it to go away!
The husband and I always do Christmas Eve and morning at our own house before driving the hour to Syracuse to see our families!
We are traveling as a family to Whistler, BC for skiing.
Staying HOME and excited about it!
I’m spending two weeks in London visiting my husband – can’t wait!
I’m traveling a few hours home to see family. I have a cold starting to come on, hopefully it doesn’t progress or goes away in the next week!!
I am staying home and the whole family is coming. So excited!!
Both actually! A few days at home with my fam them a few days in Phx with my boyfriend’s fam. So….TWO Christmasas!!!
My parents and in-laws live in town so my husband and I do a small celebration at home with us and our dog, then go to his parent’s house in the morning and my parent’s house for dinner.
We’ll be traveling a few hours to see my family this weekend, then spending the actual holiday with his family in the area. New Year’s it just the two of us (well three if you count his cough which has been his constant companion for the past few weeks, he could use that Ricola!).
We’re celebrating at my dad’s house
Local travel on Christmas Eve, home on Christmas Day 🙂
I will be going to my grandparents!
My daughter is 11 months old so it will be our first Christmas together! We will be celebrating at my parent’s house (1.4 miles away). So excited to start new traditions together!
My husband and I switch up the holidays every year. This year we’ll be with his family on Christmas and celebrate with my family over New Year’s. I have no problem with it either. I love seeing both our families around the holidays.
Hi! I will be celebrating at my brother’s on Christmas Eve and at home Christmas morning. So glad to have my wonderful family around me during the holidays. Feeling blessed.
Going a mile away to spend it with a recently-divorced friend. Single girls Christmas Wonderland!
I am not really traveling, per se. I’m doing breakfast with my mom. Then heading home and celebrating Christmas with a peaceful 10 mile run. Ok..that is as long as it isn’t raining cats and dogs or anything.
I’ll be leaving my humble abode to go see the fam in New Jersey. But NYC is a germ fest this time of year (everyone coughs and breathes and you don’t know where anyone’s been) so I always up the zinc, vit C and anything else I can to stay healthy.
For the first year in the last 5 we are staying home for Christmas and traveling to see family the next weekend. Not driving on Christmas is going to be amazing!!
We are staying home and family is traveling to us. And I’ve been battling a cough for a couple weeks now myself!
We are still not married, so with our last Christmas as a non-married couple, he will go to his parents’ and I will go to mine. We’ll meet up probably x-mas night or the next day because we hate to spend too much time away from each other!
At my friend’s. They’ve
absorbed me like the Borgadopted me into their family, so that’s where I’ll be. I’m in charge of gravy and the glaze for the ham, plus whatever else her Mom needs me to do that day.We are actually going over to my son’s father’s house for a family Christmas. I’m since remarried and so is he, and all of us get along very well. We’re both military families (I’m retired, but he is still active) so we don’t have any family in the area so we celebrate together 🙂
A little of both. Looking forward to time with family and friends!
I will be traveling 17 hours by train from Illinois to Texas! Cannot wait to see family!
Happy Holidays to you!
We are traveling to see family!! Cant wait!
celebrating in the dominican republic!
I am doing my residency about 8 hours away from home and due to the holiday being on a Wednesday, my parents are driving to see me! But now I have to cook for them…..
Both. We are traveling the weekend before (this weekend, eek! just thought about that) to visit my husband’s dad and stepmom and have Christmas with them but will be home on the actual day of Christmas for our girls to see what Santa brought and have Christmas with my parents and his mom and stepdad.
Traveling to family! Headed to Geneva, IL this weekend, Oshkosh, WI on Tuesday, then Menomonee Falls, WI on Wednesday and then Grafton, WI on Saturday. Home in between :).
Both!Should be great fun!
We’re celebrating at home.
Happy Holidays!
Driving out to see the family on my dad’s side of the family. It will be the first time I’ve seen them since my wedding (almost 5 years ago). Unfortunately, we have about 20 hours in the car each way.
I’m traveling to be home with my family!!! I’m so excited 🙂
We are staying at home this year.
At home with the husband.
Staying home and having friends visit from out of town. The best of both worlds 🙂
Both- local for Christmas Eve then travelling Xmas day for the in laws