There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Christmas makes everything twice as sad.
I was lucky enough to grow up in a home where I woke up Christmas morning and had toys. I know that's not the case with all people and I don't think kids should go without experiencing that sort of joy.
Appalling things can happen to children. And even a happy childhood is filled with sadnesses.
I don't know if my work is a concerted effort to make kids sad! But life and death go hand in hand. It's our condition as human beings.
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.
When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.
As a child, I was bonkers for Christmas. The entire month of December, I couldn't sleep at night from anticipation.
Such is the life of a man. Moments of joy, obliterated by unforgettable sadness. There's no need to tell the children that.
People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?