Pilot Husband’s Christmas Schedule Turns Family Into Holiday Time Travelers
KEY POINTS
- •The author’s husband, a pilot, frequently flew during holiday periods, forcing non-traditional Christmas celebrations.
- •One memorable Christmas morning was spent coloring at Denny’s before surprising the author’s grandmother in assisted living.
- •Despite unpredictable flight schedules, the family adapted by celebrating on alternative dates, including midnight gift exchanges and last-minute cruises.
Married to a pilot whose holiday schedule reads like a haunted flight log, this author surrendered her picture-perfect Christmas traditions for a storytelling thriller. Once upon a Denny’s Christmas morning, kids colored presents for Grandma—because nothing says festive like pancakes and crayons at 8am. With hubby flying through Christmas Eve, Day, and beyond (and a miraculous midnight gift wake-up in the nick of schedule), the family’s celebrations make waiting for the hottest iPhone launch look predictable. Amid hotel gift exchanges and last-minute cruises, they found joy in chaotic calendars. Next year’s retirement promises consistent weirdness—a pilot’s wife’s holiday saga, not your grandma’s carols.
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Who needs predictable Christmas when your husband’s pilot schedule has more plot twists than a Netflix binge? Denny’s brunch beats eggnog any day.
Forget Grandma’s piano—this family’s festive soundtrack is of delayed flights and frantic gift openings at 2am in random hotel lobbies.
If Santa worked with this pilot’s calendar, Christmas would be a new month called ‘Januaristmas’ with mandatory Denny’s stopovers.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/21/2025 | Author: Sarah Magnoni
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