Does anyone else ADORE the holiday season, but at the same time get the blues? I thought I had been getting better, but this year it's started even before we've had Thanksgiving!
For context, my Momma died in a car accident on Christmas Day night in 2015. It was her absolute favorite time of the year, and she would keep her tree up long after it was a fire hazard. She loved everything about it, and she passed that down to me. For the first few years I would have moments of teariness, but it went away pretty fast. The past few years it seemed to be getting better, but this year it's already started. I hear a Christmas song: tears. I see decorations out: tears. I think it's partly due to the fact that my SIL's mom died this week and it brought me back to the week when my Momma died. I don't stay in it; It passes quickly and I talk myself out of it and remind myself how much she enjoyed it and I can enjoy it for her.
Maybe I need some new coping mechanisms. When/if you get the holiday blues, what do you do to get yourself out of it?
For context, my Momma died in a car accident on Christmas Day night in 2015. It was her absolute favorite time of the year, and she would keep her tree up long after it was a fire hazard. She loved everything about it, and she passed that down to me. For the first few years I would have moments of teariness, but it went away pretty fast. The past few years it seemed to be getting better, but this year it's already started. I hear a Christmas song: tears. I see decorations out: tears. I think it's partly due to the fact that my SIL's mom died this week and it brought me back to the week when my Momma died. I don't stay in it; It passes quickly and I talk myself out of it and remind myself how much she enjoyed it and I can enjoy it for her.
Maybe I need some new coping mechanisms. When/if you get the holiday blues, what do you do to get yourself out of it?
Th.e worst is that our children and grandchildren all live so far away and we don’t get to spend time with them over the holidays. We hope to all be together next year though so that helps to make the season brighter
It is understandable that Christmas triggers so many emotions for you, no harm in shedding a few tears dear heart! ♥ Christmas time is family time and for a lot of people but that doesn't necessarily mean a happy time. All we can do is the best that we can under the circumstances that are relevant to our situation and find the joy where we can. It will be another quiet year for us as well with no family but our plans include some long phone conversations with the grandkids and grown up kids on Christmas Eve, then packing a nice lunch to have on ChristmasDay when we go for a drive to a place we haven't been to yet. Simple but fun. 
