Originally Posted by
pt flyer
My goodness, just have your family celebration on the 24th. You will find that learning to be flexible about what day/time celebrations take place is a crucial parenting skill for when your children get older and establish family traditions of their own.
But OP mentions Santa, who by all accounts is not flexible -- he delivers the night of the 24th only.
And when the kids "establish family traditions of their own" (which is a long time from now, probably at least 15 years), they themselves will place first priority on the celebration with their own kids and it is the grandparents who will rightly have to be flexible.
OP is still just a parent, not a grandparent. You seem to be saying "practice behaving like a grandparent now, because someday you may be one". To everything there is a season, etc.