How have the holidays changed as you have grown older? Compare your experiences of the holidays during childhood with how you experience them now, focusing on shifts in perspective, responsibilities, or emotional meaning.

 As a very young kid, I used to enjoy the holidays. As I grew older though, I didn't enjoy them as much. When I was about 8 or 9 I started to not like the holidays anymore. There was always fighting, or something going wrong. Every year, my parents would fight and argue about whose house we would be at on Christmas morning, Thanksgiving, birthdays, etc. Now, the holidays are not as bad as they used to be, but I still don't enjoy them anymore. Every time the holidays roll around, they just bring up a lot of bad memories that I have to be reminded of. This year, I am hoping that it will be better. Thanksgiving was a mess, but a better mess. Hopefully Christmas will be better too. 

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