For many, the holidays are a trying time. It could be hard for some lonely people to see so much cheer around them no matter how hard they try to be happy for them.
It could be that all the Christmas commercialism is just a little crass when shopping has become such a cold, greedy, downright distasteful thing.
Or it could be the fears that come with all that food constantly on tables in staff lounges, at home and friends' houses.
The other night on a Charlie Brown special Marcie said that Thanksgiving was about more than food, that it was about people. She is right. It is or, at least, should be.
But ask anyone who struggles with weight issues or eating problems what the hardest time of the year for them is and they'll probably say any date from Thanksgiving on to New Year's Day.
The following article isn't going to ease up all the anxiety from the stress food brings during the holidays, but it certainly is less pat than others I've seen and actually has some good advice to follow:
read "The Feast of Gluttony" here
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