Tag: national poll

Every year around this time, it begins. It starts in the pit of your stomach, almost undetectable. Then it grows and grows until it’s hard to ignore. It’s that feeling of anticipation, tinged with anxiety, as you gradually realize the holidays are coming.

As a psychologist, I hear this feeling described by scores of people every year. And I see the subject of most anxiety for people is not about gift-buying, cooking, or even money; instead it has to do with the people they’ll be spending the holidays with: their families.