Christmas is coming up, winter wonderland is around the corner, it’s the time of family, But for people like me, a happy family Christmas isn’t as simple. I come from what they call a “broken home.” My mum and dad split when I was 15 years old, I was at that age of year 10 finally going to be studying for GCSES, My mum and dad had been together for 18 years before breaking up, so I had never known what is was like to have a separate family, now fast forward two years, my dad has had two other kids. For me, I love Christmas, but it isn’t as simple as we come together in fact quite the opposite. My parents make the lead up to Christmas extra stressful, they argue about presents. My mum believes everyone should have the same spent on them regardless of what you want, so if you only want one thing, she will either give you money, or fill the blanks with smaller presents, while my dad believes in spending the amount of money you want, so if one sibling asks for stuff that's £150 while the other only asks for something that’s £300 then they both get what they want, but the other doesn’t get the same amount spent on them. Then comes the Christmas holiday split, anyone with split parents, you know the talk when you are asked for more likely told that from a random day to another you are seeing your dad then your mum’s house, the Christmas dinner, I’ve never had a Christmas dinner with both my parents since the split. Christmas is a time for family, but for me, it’s just another day with a little added festivity
