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Originally Posted by Empress
Why are they spending Christmas apart? That seems so sad.
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The King and Queen began, when their children got families of their own, to alternate between spending Christmas with their son and their daughter. The other ones (this year the Crown Prince and Princess) usually spend Christmas with their in-laws. I think that they hosted it when the grandchildren were younger, when Harald was ill. I think it is a nice way to incorporate both sides of the families.
But I also suspect that it might also be the case of it being nice for the older generation to be able to withdraw when they want, instead of being the hosts.