The holidays are painful.

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"The holidays are painful if someone you love has recently died, or if you are going through a divorce, or even if your child has moved away," notes psychologist Susan Apollon, author of Touched by the Extraordinary. "Special days remind us of our loss. Family is supposed to be together during this season and, when things aren't the way they're 'supposed' to be, of course it's distressing." Here are hints for coping: "give yourself permission to...