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Christmas means family time

It is Christmas time. What is most important during Christmas? I bet the first answer that comes to mind is family. Personally I think that is the right answer. Obviously there also is food and presents. But non of that matters if you spent Christmas alone. You could have the best food and most glamorous presents and it would not mean a thing because you have no one to share it with.

The definition of family is "a group consisting of two parents and their children living together as a unit" or "all the descendants of a common ancestor". But that doesn't quite cover what family is because for a lot of us family is also certain friends and colleagues. So when people say they are spending time with their family during Christmas it does not necessarily mean that they are related by blood.

This year was the first year that I did not spent the Christmas holidays with my actual blood family. I did not even spend it with my twin sister even though she means so much to me. The thought of spending another holiday with my family and pretending that everything is alright, made me sick.

Every year it is the same. All year we can't stand each other and then during Christmas we act like family is the only important thing. Let's face it, life would be so much easier if we all stopped pretending and just said: "Just because I had the misfortune to be related to you, does not mean I have to act like we are close. Not even on Christmas." Of course there are family members I get along with but I can spend time with them some other time. I show those family members that I actually care about, every day of the year that i care about them. So I don't see why I would have to go to a Christmas party and pretend that those people are important to me.

I'm not one of those typical moody teenage girls that would rather hang out with a boy than with her family. Also I don't dislike my family because of small matters like my cousin stole my favorite toy when I was little. I believe I have a good reason to not like my family but hey maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you should be the judge of that.