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What's your idea of quality family time?

    Game night
    Eating dinner together
    Going to a movie
    Getting a kiss before the kids run out the door

as of Wednesday, May 22, 11:10:44 AM

How do you usually divide your time for holiday visits among immediate family, extended relatives and in-laws?

  A.   It’s not possible to visit all family, so we alternate from year to year - 6.9%
  B.  We just spend the holidays with immediate family - 20.7%
  C.  We stay home and invite our entire family over at once - 13.8%
  D.  We visit different families on different days throughout the holiday week - 58.6%


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