This is true when we grow up, we perceive everything differently, and so do the holidays.

But I have the opposite situation than the author.

I want to celebrate Christmas with my big family in a beautifully decorated house, as in childhood. But in recent years this has not happened. Because my parents always work at Christmas, my brother lives abroad, and I don't have a husband and children to celebrate with. And when my friends tell me how they celebrated Christmas with their family, or when I see their stories on Instagram, I get sad because I don't have that family comfort on holidays. I feel lonely