Sharon Cuneta just made an announcement that she’s skipping Christmas this year.

Sa Instagram, mahaba ang naging paliwanag ng Megastar sa kanyang desisyon na mag-skip ng Pasko.

“CHRISTMAS HAS FOREVER BEEN MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE YEAR This year though? I have NOT at all felt the usual joy & excitement in my heart. This is so very unlike me. Though I have to admit that I have not been like myself for a while now…,” simula ni Shawie.

Bagama’t blessing at masaya siya na may entry siya for this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival na Family of Two (A Mother & Son Story) with Alden Richards, nagdulot umano ito ng epekto sa kanyang kalusugan.

“The schedule promoting my first MMFF movie in many years has been both a blessing & a source of happiness — & also, it has brought me physical, emotional & mental fatigue.

“Actually, more accurately it has aggravated those fatigued parts of me that have been so for so long now. My movie, like any project I have ever worked on all my life has been a welcome distraction,’’ aniya.

“Work makes me more tired nowadays, & takes my mind off ‘reality’ for hours everyday, because I am old, but really just a big kid, & have been tired not only of work but my own life for so long.

“But I PRAISE GOD that I LOVE MY WORK — the challenge and excitement every project brings me, being with the people I work with, many of whom have become good friends & some, even family. I love being on set. I love having the opportunity to play the role of someone who is not me.

“But after work, well… thank God that my children give me a reason to get up, to talk, to have simple fun with — even if I spend most of my time in bed when not working. Sleep has become my best friend — a chance to escape & be all alone,” pahayag pa ni Shawie.

She revealed na loner siya talaga eversince pero natutunan na rin naman niyang makisalamuha at mag-enjoy being with the people around her.

“I dunno if you’ll believe this but I have been an introvert and a loner since childhood. So the opposite of how you see me on TV. I had mastered the art of smiling & being in the moment to laugh & enjoy being with the people around me at work, & my friends who are not in showbiz. I am grateful for that,” she said.

Pero nakakalungkot din umano na kahit may problema’t pinagdadaanan siya ay kailangan niyang maging masaya.

“But also, it is sad, don’t you think? I am so used to being that person who laughs and makes people laugh even when my heart is in pieces. I already act for a living. I don’t like having that switch to look and seem happy when really, I am not.

“Since my 20s I have been like this. Di pagiging plastic yon — kundi lagi lang nasa isip ko na wala naman kinalaman ang ibang tao sa pinagdadaanan ko and it takes so little to make people happy, which also makes me happy in return,” patuloy pa ni Mega.

Kaya nagdesisyon siya na mag-skip na lang ng Pasko this year dahil hindi na niya kaya pa ang pressure.

“So this year, I am SKIPPING CHRISTMAS. Because any more pressure will make me implode, explode.”

Humingi rin ng pang-unawa si Sharon kung bakit wala munang regalo this Christmas.

“I pray you understand why no gifts this year. But I love you,” pagtatapos niya.