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Why Christmas Can Be So Disappointing (And What To Do About It)

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16.12.2025
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’Tis the season for peace and goodwill – and an awful lot of let-downs. 

Speaking to HuffPost UK, BACP-certified therapist Lina Mookerjee of Praxis Therapy said the season makes her consider the “forces at play in shaping our beliefs about how Christmas should be experienced, and how different these expectations often are from the reality we encounter.” 

And Roya Royle, a therapist at Talking Art studio (who is also BACP-certified) said that “Christmas disappointment” can happen for a range of reasons. 

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