Article: How to beat the Christmas blues; imagination, planning and concern for others can spread holiday cheer. (includes Christmas tips)

Christmas season is here again, and you're at the end of your rope. You haven't planned your Christmas dinner and you haven't done your holiday shopping. You've waited until the last minute and now you're anxious, stressed out, or even depressed. Perhaps you can't afford expensive gifts this year. Maybe you're depressed because you have no one special to spend Christmas with. And maybe you fear the holiday won't live up to your expectations.

Cheer up! You're not alone.

You, like millions of others may be experiencing a bad case of the Christmas blues, also known as seasonal depression. A common phenomenon, seasonal depression is a mood disorder that can ...

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