When I was younger, I remember watching Home Alone and wondering how the family could possibly be traveling for Christmas.  Granted, I grew up with not much money so that kind of travel was out of the realm of reality in my life.  However, just the idea of going out of town on Christmas baffled me.  Now that I am an adult, I am highly considering taking a vacation for the holiday and seeing what kind of new memories we can make as a family.  Why?  Well there are several reasons I am considering it, but after going back and forth with it, I have found that there are some really great reason to leave.

If you are contemplating too, here are 5 reasons to go away for Christmas:

1. Less family drama.  I’ll be honest.  Less family drama is one of the reasons that I am thinking about taking a vacation for the holidays.  How nice does it sound to not have to deal with the typical family drama that comes with those family gatherings?
2. Less focus on gifts.  I love the idea of making Christmas less about stuff and more about experiences.  What better way to do that than to create a wonderful experience out of the holiday itself?
3. New memories.  How nice will it be to create brand new memories for your family?  I love creating memories with my kids year round, so to do it in such a grand way would be amazing.  
4. Christmas will be about your family.  Tradition is great and family can be wonderful, but sometimes traditions need to be switched up.  It may be time to create new traditions for your own family for your children to look back on fondly.
5. Christmas can last longer.  A weeklong vacation lasts longer than just your typical one day holiday celebration.  Don’t you remember being a kid and being bummed when Christmas ended? Who doesn’t want Christmas to last longer?