Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Bah Humbug. For many people, Christmas is the saddest time of year. In a culture that is obsessed with all things Christmas, it is easy to feel like an alien when our thoughts and feelings are anything but merry. Whether your pain stems from lost loved ones, unfulfilled hopes, shattered dreams or personal failures, the holidays will probably intensify your feelings. On TV we see storybook families and peace on... > Full Story

How do you feel about the holidays? Are they difficult ones for you as a single? Or do you look forward to them with excited anticipation? Whichever emotion is attached to the holidays...

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Christmas, they tell us, is ‘the most wonderful time of the year’.  What are we supposed to do when it isn’t? As the cards and carols like to remind us, Christmas...

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