Advent Calendar Holiday Travel

I don't ever remember traveling anywhere for Christmas. My grandfather had worked for the Great Northern Railroad so every year they would get a pass to travel somewhere. Grandma used those passes to go see her sister in Denver, but seldom stayed for Christmas, usually went earlier in the month. We did go to see pops parents at their farm about 35 miles north east of Spokane at Blanchard, Idaho and usually spent Christmas Eve at moms parents house, but more on that later.