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Dreading conflict during the holidays? Let it go, let it go, let it go

  • Written by Nicholas Joyce, Psychologist, University of South Florida
imageHappiness is possible during the holidays.Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock.com

Every holiday season, families and friends convene to share affection, kindness and experience. In the ideal holiday atmosphere, one often depicted in commercials and media, such get-togethers are places of warmth, appreciation and general happiness.

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