The American tradition of the dysfunctional family fighting and crying during the holiday season has become a quintessential comedic stereotype in TV and movies, one that plays out, usually, with a happy ending when everyone learns the true reason for the season; in reality, however, it typically reaches a boiling point when your parents ask you—hypothetically, of course—who would you want to live with if they were to get divorced.
At least that’s how it played out for me when I was around 8 years old or so.