Celebrating your own special way.

• Position: Your Life - Brief Article

If the holidays give you the blues, it may be time to take stock of what you want from them and act accordingly--and perhaps boldly--to make them your own, recommends clinical psychologist Herb Rappaport, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., author of Holiday Blues: Rediscovering the Art of Celebration. "When we dread components of our lives, something is either wrong with the situation or the way we are approaching it;" he says. "A lot of people don't really know what the holidays mean to them. Holidays, like the rest of life, should be positive markers to anticipate with enthusiasm and optimism. People need to be brave...