FRESNO, Calif. -- The holiday season is not always the most wonderful time of year. What is often joyous for some is the complete opposite for those experiencing the "holiday blues," or seasonal ...

This may be one of the hardest holiday seasons many Americans experience in our lifetimes, and I only say “may be” because there’s no way of knowing whether the ones ahead of us won’t be even worse as ...

Holiday music is getting sadder. Artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Sabrina Carpenter, and Ed Sheeran are driving the shift with sad Christmas tracks as playlists for melancholy holiday moods surge across ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?

On top of deeper-rooted struggles like coping with a loss or navigating grief, the "holiday blues" can often erupt from the added stress and expectations of the holiday season. In a time that's ...

The holiday season is supposed to be a time of joy, unity and general well wishes. But let’s face it: for most people it’s impossible to be merry and bright 100 percent of the time. For as happy of a ...

Limiting your holiday playlist to your standard “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Deck the Halls” denies you one of the best musical offerings of the yuletide season: sad Christmas songs. Indeed, not every ...

This time of year can be many things: Joy and bustle, parties and gifts, snow and sleds, cozy winter nights. But it can be heavier than that, too: Fear and stress, grief and loneliness, maybe a little ...