When I was married to my ex-husband, we would go to my DMIL house on Christmas Eve for gift opening and eating (appetizers, finger foods, etc). It was a "tradition" that held true. There were so many people there it was a zoo, but what can you expect with eight siblings, their spouses, and all the grandkids? It was an hour and a half drive. But - afterwards we went home so that our kids could have a traditional Christmas morning at our house opening gifts.
Now that I'm married to my HS sweetheart, (and by the way, today is our THIRD ANNIVERSARY, as we were married on Christmas Eve), we live in WA State some 2200 miles from everyone. My DH and I celebrate Christmas basically by ourselves. We are invited to a friends house this evening for an Italian dinner, then tomorrow to aother friends house for Chinese dinner.
This year, my oldest DGD will be coming after Christmas for a few days. She's never been to see us at our house here in WA State since we moved five years ago.