Something about holidays

I love to travel and meet new people but something about the holidays. Something about sharing traditions with people you don't know. Something about being in a house full of strangers who are a family. Everything is so cheery all the time. 

This is all too foreign. My family isn't gentle.

 There is just something about my loud family. Something about the 40 children running and playing in dirt. Something about cooking turkeys underground. Something about chatting with 100 of your closest family members. Something about every adult being so red in the face from laughter and alcohol. Something about the sweat filled atmosphere. My family isn't perfect but there is something special about them.