How Grinches Stay Calm During the Holidays

Don’t let your disgust toward the holiday season turn you into a flaming bag of poop.

Jenny Krueger
4 min readDec 15, 2022
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We’re fifteen days into December, and you’re ready to pull out your hair. The holidays can be a joyous time for many people but a stressful time for others.

There is a plethora of reasons why one might despise the holidays.

Some of those could be money is tight, they don’t get along with their family, or the holiday season has been traumatic since they were little.

Whatever the reason might be, you dread the holiday season. You avoid checking your mailbox or email out of fear of being swamped by invite after invite to holiday parties.

“You’ve been invited to the deck the halls ball!”

“RSVP to the Secret Santa bash!”

“Join us for this year’s Mistletoe brunch!”

You have the urge to scream right then and there. You tell yourself, “There’s no way in Hell I’m going to attend any of those parties.” The thought of mingling with others to the tune of Jingle Bell Rock makes you want to barf.

You wish you could enjoy the holidays like an average person, but unfortunately, it’s not in you, and you wish you could fast-forward to January 2nd.

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Jenny Krueger

Lifestyle Writer | Chronic Pain Sufferer | Sepsis Survivor | Golden Girls Enthusiast, Las Vegas Fanatic & Horror Movie Lover. https://linktr.ee/jennybwriter