Christmas is strongly linked to nostalgia, which can lead to powerful emotions. Christmas songs may be written in a certain way to trigger feelings of sadness. Connecting with those negative emotions ...

Christmas isn't always so merry for everyone. The holiday season can be a hard one for many people, especially since there's so much pressure to enjoy the magic of the big day. It's hard to get in the ...

"White Christmas," "Silent Night," "All I Want for Christmas," they all reduce me to tears, every year, and I'm not the only one. A quick Google reveals many people feel sad when they hear Christmas ...

Soul Asylum once suggested that sad people might start a company called Frustrated Incorporated. Misery loves company, they say. The band critiqued how sadness was getting packaged and sold in the ...

Bob Dylan is the definitive singer/songwriter with a career that has spanned six decades and hundreds of songwriting credits. Poetic, introspective, and experimental, his lyrics are held close to the ...