The Essential Guide to Surviving Family Holidays

Christmas has a way of turning good intentions into awkward conversations faster than any other holiday. One minute the tree is glowing and the music fades into the background. The next, someone is asking why you are still single, why you moved cities or whether you have considered coming back to church. It happens every year, like a ritual nobody remembers agreeing to.Unlike Thanksgiving, which at least centers itself on food and football, Christmas arrives loaded with emotional expectation. It