*SBCmingg*Holidays suck. Family? ha, what's that? Every time I'm around my family I get criticized for everything I do and they talk straight shit to my face. I've always gotten the short end of the stick with my siblings and it's annoying. Not even just christmas but thanksgiving and easter as well. I hate holidays and I don't mean to bring people down about it - if you're lucky enough to have good ones then that's great - but I can never find anything positive in them. I honestly just sit surrounded by 25 people that I know don't think very highly of me. They're all happy, smiling, and having a good time while I sit there wishing I could go home. Being surrounded by so much of that knowing they don't want you there is fucking stupid. On top of that going back to school(when i was in high school) and hearing about how awesome everyone's holidays we're just made me feel that much more shitty. Yeah, you could say I'm really jealous of people who can enjoy holidays.
Try and create your own happier reality for each of the relatives you have that you do not have a warm relationship with. Its up to you to stop giving a shit about their lame ass opinions and to put your relationship with them in a place of your choosing. If you are doing positive things in your life and going places it is probably just jealousy anyways that you are young and are not old and boring like them.
My biggest current family problems stem from other people relationships or lack there of and I don't really have any issues with my own relationships with relatives even the ones who have stabbed me in the back and somewhat recently. But its not easy I have had to put the betrayal in certain places.
My relatives behave yours do towards me. As I have aged I have decided to not blame them and to only blame my mother. Its her fault if she didn't talk about me like Im a black sheep they wouldn't. And my relationship with my mom has nothing to do with them so I forgive her for acting towards me like this for separate reasons.
Its funny when an uncle hates on you tho and none of their kids got into a college anywhere near as good as yours though.
Hope that helps gl.