Holidays!!!

What do the holidays mean to you? Why is it so important to most people? What are two things that disappointed you during the holidays? Normally when you think of the holidays you think spending time with your family, a vacation from school or work, and a reason to eat or get presents when it’s not your birthday. Not my family! Two things that disappointed me during the holidays was that I didn’t get to spend enough time with my family, and that the holidays really don’t mean the same things they did when I was younger.

Spending time with my family has always been of importance to me. I think the holidays are just extra hours to spend time and enjoy it. My family isn’t too big on the meaning of the holidays let alone the meaning of anything. Maybe a two or three hours is enough time to spend with them because that’s usually all the time we spend. It’s usually not enough for me, my family doesn’t like to go out like I do or sit and chat they just like to sit down watch a movie and when it’s done that means it’s time for you to leave. But during my 18 years of living, spending a lot of time with my family has yet to happen. The only “quality time” we spend together is when it’s someone’s birthday or it’s a really big holiday like Christmas or Thanksgiving. It makes me angry when that’s the only convenient time for them. I’ve lived in this “new” house for about 5 years but to them it’s still very “new” because the rest of my family has only been there twice. Every holiday or birthday we must go over to my family’s because it’s impossible for them to come to my house so they say.

Being apart of my family is a great thing, being apart of any family is even better but there are just some things I don’t agree with. My immediate family is so different from my grandmother, my aunts, and cousins. They love to just stay home and not do anything. They love to be in a cluttered space. They love being bored in front of the television, but my mom, my twin brother, my stepfather and I love the outdoors. We love to take trips and explore. Sometimes we just like to spend it with each other and sometimes we would really love to be alone, but for the most part we want to be together. My grandmother, my aunts, and my cousins just like to stay home and I guess it’s just something I need to adjust too for the rest of my life because it doesn’t look like they’ll be changing anytime soon if I’m already 18 years old.

Personally I love the holidays. Even though I don’t get to spend the time I want with my family I try to make the most of it. My family is weird in its own way but I love them for who they are even though they make me angry. I try to explain to them that opening gifts isn’t just all of Christmas or eating turkey isn’t all of Thanksgiving.