If you are someone with divorced parents, you know the day to day struggle of living out of packed bags. You spend a few days at your mom's house and a few days at your dad's; it's an endless cycle. Some of you may not even see the other parent, but I think that we can all agree on something: having divorced parents during the holidays sucks!

First of all, your parents try to decide who gets you on Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, etc. Or maybe they try to figure out a way to both see you on the same day; a little bit of time with mom and a little bit of time with dad. Maybe your parents still get along even though they are divorced and you still spend the holidays together. Basically, Christmas can go a few different ways.

The first way your holiday season can go is, you have two Christmas which means double the food and double the presents. The other way is to have one big awkward conjoined Christmas. I know a lot of people prefer the double Christmas, especially when you're younger because that's twice the amount of presents you'd normally get. Although, there are some people who do prefer to have one Christmas. I know it can be awkward, but for some of us seeing only one parent on the biggest holiday of the year can be sad and empty.

I grew up having my parents divorced so it's never been weird around the holidays. As you get older, having double the Christmas isn't as fun as it used to be. It's easy to feel that something is missing. When you are in college, you come home to spend time with family. Going from house to house during this time of year sucks. Either way, the whole idea of not being able to spend the holidays with both of your parents at once sucks.

Despite the not so good parts of the situation, at least you are getting to spend time with your family whether it is with one side of the family at a time. Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where everyone got along? I wish for that, too.

Happy Holidays, everyone! And Merry Christmas!