Probably won't even rank in the top 20 on this thread, but we will go out of town to MIL's house. Like GOTJ, FIL passed away earlier in the year. MIL is the type that probably believes she is the only one to ever have a spouse die. It's strange, but one moment she is extremely self-centered (how can this happen to me?!?!?!), but then hands out $100 bills every birthday (7 kids, 5 spouses, 13 grandkids, 2 Great grandkids). They were not rich people, so that is a lot of cash plus $75 each for Christmas. Oldest sibling will pop some pills and chase them with vodka and then deny anything.
All the kids have damage from MIL growing up - apparently very verbally abusive. FIL had "bad hearing" all 26 years I've known him. Probably won't be too much booze this year which is good. Wife's family are a bunch of alcoholics - and not the kind of happy drunks either.
It will be a bunch of people sleeping on the floor, too, so not very comfortable. We should be able to send a couple of our kids to stay with the cousins while we are there, so that will help.
Still, a family of borderline racists and anti-gay folks - even the educated ones. Sigh.
In addition, our oldest daughter is getting married any day now. Not sure when exactly, but they did get their marriage license yesterday, so it is a matter of making an appointment with a judge. I'm sure there will be a bunch of complaints that no one was invited to the wedding. No one outside of our immediate family and fiancee's immediate family know about it (no pregnancy). Fine with me, though, as it will be very cheap.