During the holiday season, Christmas specifically, it can be hard to be away from family and friends.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Holidays are the best. I couldn't imagine being from a small family.
Contemplating Christmas when you are isolated and far from home brings its own unique pain.
My family always makes a huge deal out of Christmas.
People think it's terribly sad to spend Christmas alone, but it's no sadder, really, than spending any other day alone, is it?
Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that love is not just a spontaneous feeling but something we sometimes really have to work at, with people we may not even much like.
I just love being around my family during the holidays.
Usually I spend my holidays with my family.
Isn't that the great thing about Christmas? You get a lot of respite, time to recharge your batteries, time with family without too much else happening anywhere else in the world, time to focus on the people you love and the activities that you enjoy, time to exercise, to read.
Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone.
I have been determined for the past couple of years to move away from all those Holiday programmes.
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