I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what’s that? What’s it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.

Seles is reflecting on how the itinerant, competition-driven life of an elite tennis professional can hollow out ordinary cultural rituals. By treating Christmas as something she “never really did,” she underscores the extent to which travel schedules and tournament demands displaced family time and rootedness. The rhetorical questions (“what’s that? what’s it all about?”) convey both genuine unfamiliarity and a hint of disbelief at what she missed. More broadly, the remark points to the trade-offs of early, intense success: fame and achievement can come with a loss of shared calendar moments that help structure identity and belonging.