My family of four doesn't travel for the holidays. We love our small, drama-free Christmas celebrations.

Candy Mickels Mejia

Traveling in December is the worst. When I was a teenager, it's basically what ruined Christmas for me. After all, it's hard to get excited for the holidays when you spend your entire break from school bouncing back and forth between multiple households and celebrations, some at the homes of extended step-family you hardly even know. But this was life as a kid of divorced parents in the 90s.