Holiday Letdown

I compliment people for sharing stories of their holiday letdown.  I think people frequently feel that other people's Christmas are a variation of  the beautifully festive commercials of the season..

It is not that way for many people..people are lonely..missing relatives that have passed on..feeling an
overall sense of deprivation or a not fitting in..

So I reinforce people talking about their Christmas because it diminishes thoughts that the family
next door is drinking eggnog and baking cookies