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Christmas Grinch
"When I became a teenager, my parents gave me a choice about who I could spend the holidays with."
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By Bianca Butler
For most people, the holidays are a time for singing Christmas carols and drinking eggnog, but for me, it's a time for choosing between my parents.
My parents got divorced when I was two years old, and I've spent every holiday since then with my mother's family. When I became a teenager, my parents gave me a choice about who I could spend the holidays with. Unfortunately, they would also say negative things about each other. "You just don't love me anymore"-that was one of my favorite lines they'd pull out to make me feel guilty.
All this changed when I moved in with my dad recently. I don't see my mom much any more.
So now, the choice about where to spend the holidays isn't so hard. I like being with my Dad. We spend the holidays sleeping in late and feasting on German chocolate cake and apple pie.
With my Mom, the holidays were a time when I had to pretend that everything was jolly and our relationship was fine. But it was fake to me. These days, I can just be myself and relax with my Dad.
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