By Sara Bacon

By this point, we know the signs of the coming holidays all too well. Holiday cups from your local coffee shop are released way too early. The memes about being excited for Fall are quickly followed by memes about the closeted early Christmas music listeners. Then come the decorations and the holiday plans, and before we know it, we’re in full-blown holiday wonderland mode. It’s supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, and yet every year around November, I start to feel an underlying sense of anxiety constantly buzzing in the background of all my Christmas cheer.

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