My Cambodian parents are always confused about the holidays . I don ' t get their logic . I try and want to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas with family , but my parents ' logic is that for a family holiday is to go to their friends ' house and party . Like , it ' s not a rager , but literally a Thanksgiving with friendsother families . I tell them , it ' s a family holiday with YOUR own family , and their response is Yeah , so we ' re going to our friends ' house . Like , once or twice , cool . This has happened every year since I was 16 . I ' m 24 now . Makes no sense to me . <| sep |> LETS FUCKING GO WAY TO RESPOND <| sep |> Left out their families , thanks for that . . . it ' s always the jobs that involve ' heros ' that get acknowledged , lots of people work holidays , most of them low wage .