Crying on Christmas? How I Get Through Hard Feelings #89
Crying on Christmas? How I Get Through Hard Feelings | #89 - Daily Dose of Dawn at dawn 🌞
When Christmas doesn’t bring joy, it can feel isolating—especially when the world expects cheer. In this Christmas Day Daily Dose of Dawn at dawn, Dawn Super talks openly about the Christmas blues, why the season can bring up grief, stress, or old emotional echoes, and how self-soothing and grace can help you get through it without judgment. This is for anyone who still shows up for Christmas while quietly carrying hard feelings.
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When Christmas does not bring you joy.
This is the Daily Dose of Dawn at dawn, number 89—videos designed to expand your thinking. This video is for anyone who still has to celebrate Christmas despite feeling the ick when it comes to Christmas—for whatever reason. And even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, but the Christmas season gives you the ick, this is for you too.
Welcome back to the Happy Matters Collective. If you’re new here, thanks for joining us.
Why do we want to learn this?
Because Christmas comes every year. And by this time next year, you can be a lot more prepared to deal with it. Whether it’s financial pressure, grief, unmet expectations, or family issues—Christmas can give people the blues. The Christmas blues are temporary icky feels: sadness, stress, anxiety that show up during the Christmas season.
If you’ve followed me for any length of time—thank you. Truly. Producing this series has been one of the biggest gifts of joy for me this year, and it’s all made possible by you being here.
Mad thanks to my believers. Be sure to check the posts for a special Christmas message from me to the members who are believers. I appreciate you. A special shoutout to Dawn, Jane, Lynne, Gina, Caroline, Terry, Robin, Beth—and all my narcolepsy peeps. You always show up to encourage me just when I need it.
If you’re a subscriber, a watcher, a commenter, or just silently cheering me on from your loveseat—thank you. You’re all a gift to me.
So how did this come into my awareness? Christmas always made me cry. I was always the one doing everything. And I always felt like everyone’s afterthought. Some of that was the life I was living—which I made incremental changes to, consistently. Some of it was the company I was keeping—which I’m no longer keeping. And some of it was just the echoes.
When you go through hard stuff, sometimes the ghosts return. They rattle the chains. But unlike in the movie Scrooge, you can shush these ghosts.
How did I do it?
I poured on the self-care. Pumpkin spice. Peppermint bark. Fluffy blankets. Pine-scented candles. Whatever you find soothing—be kind to yourself and give yourself the gift of grace this Christmas. You’ve spent enough grit to afford a lifetime supply.
Self-soothing is a skill. And an episode of the Christmas blues is the perfect time to practice. Try different things. See what helps you best. Then you can get set up early next year and truly hold your own hand through the whole experience. And then maybe someday—like me—Christmas just becomes another day with pretty lights that you can enjoy.
When interacting with family is challenging, you need tools. If that’s your experience check out When Mother’s Day Is Hard: 10 Tips below. It’s good if you’re the mother, the father, or the child—and it works for any holiday.
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