One of my sisters and her husband always did it that way,Open Mike..
In the later years of their lives, my Mother and Father alternated Chistmas with my two sisters, both of whom live in the same town. Since I re-married, we've continued my wife's tradition of always having Christmas at her (now our) home. Unless we went out to have Christmas with my Mother (my Father died six years ago, and she continues to alternate Christmases.) This Christmas, we're just welcoming immediate family here... not the 40 or 50 people we've had, some Christmases.

Jerry