For the past four years or so our family have been having problems around Christmas last year arguments with other members of family the year before moving into a house we hate (complicated) and my mum storming out the house 3 days b4 Xmas which is also my brothers bday. I’m no longer excited for christmas is it just because I’m growing older (15yrs) or the past experience?? I want my younger brother to enjoy Christmas as much as I used to
I’m in the same boat and I’m 22. Honestly, I think it’s pretty normal. Everybody’s family chemistry is different and that’s because we don’t get to choose who our family is, we are born into it and forced to live with these people.
Also, if you study sociology and criminal behavior as I have in college, you learn that when a group of people get together with not much to do (Holidays), trouble tends to brew pretty quick. Gangs are an extreme but they operate off of this principle. The other issue is that the Holiday Season is a way for our minds to create expectations. In other words, we expect it to be "nice," we expect it to be peaceful, we expect gifts, and etc… But that causes problems because as soon as something doesn’t go as expected, we get upset.
Think of it this way: The holiday season may not even be the worst part of the year, but our expectations is what makes it appear as though it is the worst.
Hope this helps!