A mother-daughter relationship was so volatile that the news of the student coming home for the holidays gave her mom a panic attack. When the daughter learned that her mother felt so traumatized by her presence that she would be staying at a hotel for the holidays, she blew up at her dad.
A Reddit user admitted to being "overwhelmed" with the Christmas gifting season in America and proposed a new way to celebrate with her family, one that requires less unnecessary spending and excessive waste.