((Naturefreak)) - to be honest I also don't like Christmas either. It's a very long story and there are several reasons why, but I don't want to bore anyone with the long story. I find I get down and overwhelmed at this time of year but the problem is, my girls love Christmas and I don't want to ruin it for them. So I do my best to make it enjoyable and take pleasure in seeing them happy

When they're older I would like to, one time go on vacation and not do a thing...pretend it's any other time of year. I wonder if that would work for you. Many people don't celebrate Christmas since they're not Christian.

The other option would be for you to reframe the holidays....make it your own. In the past, was Xmas a good time of year for you? A person could even plan to work at a homeless shelter or some other charity and make someone else's Xmas nice.

It would be great if you could figure out some way to avoid this yearly pattern, where you associate fall with the coming holidays. How does sitting on a warm beach at Xmas sound?