I will be spending my first Christmas in five years without a significant other. It will also be the first Christmas in years that my baby bro will not be in attendance of our family festivities.  The latter will definitely be the harder change to deal with.  Even though our ages are nearing 25 and 32, we have not shattered the tradition of spending Christmas Eve night with our parents and opening gifts at the crack of dawn on Christmas morning, just the four of us.  Since we are the childless and unmarried children in the family, its always just made sense.

I guess the most mature and eloquent way I can put my feelings on this is.. it's going to suck.  Adulthood sucks.