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Topic: Did you ever lose a person around a holiday which made it hard to celebrate?  (Read 1364 times)

Dynamite2013

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Well I lost my brother on Dec. 22, 1977, I lost my mom July 2, 2007 so I couldn't celebrate because of sensitive feelings for them. My husband just lost his brother Dec. 22, 2014 so we didn't have a good holiday except our friends did a lot to many it happier. I hope no one has had this experience it is very hard to go through.

aggie49

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yes i have loss people around the holidays and yes it is hard to celebrate but think of it like this you are celebrateing there life thats the way i get threw it

Dynamite2013

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thank you it will help a lot

bettey13

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I lost my father in law 2 weeks before Christmas, about 30 years ago; I remember the day and him, attempt to honor both. My father died in August 10 years ago and that first Christmas was a little rough.

renee10

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I lost my dad 11/8/2010 and that made that Thanksgiving hard to get through. It's gotten easier with time though.

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I lost my mom a week before Xmas in 1992....it could have been any other day and it wouldnt have mattered how sad it was!!

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I lost my dad over 30 years ago, about two weeks before Christmas. My mom passed 2 years ago, also right around Christmas.

One of the things my dad always did at Christmas was to put a box of chocolate covered cherries under the tree for my mom.  I carried that on for him. Every year, I made sure my mom had a box of chocolate covered cherries at Christmas.

This year, I hadn't bought any, since my mom wasn't here, and that had been the reason for buying them in the first place.

My daughter brought a box for me, carrying on the tradition.

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Yes, my dad died December 13th, so that made the first Christmas terrible.  It has gotten better with time, but I still remember that Christmas.     :(
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yes i loose someone once a year

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Yes. I was a bridesmaid for a good friend of mine a few years ago. Her Groom unfortunately died on Christmas Eve just a few months after they were married and I honestly felt I would never be happy ever again at Christmas time. However she has now remarried and has 3 children with her new husband. I am now married with two kids of my own. You always remember, but you don't always feel sad forever more. Time heals but you never forgot.

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Although not technically a person, last year right around the holidays I had to put my mastiff to sleep. at about the same time, Passenger put out their single "Let Her Go", and the song's lyrics just really seemed like a reflection of what I was feeling at the time. And then this year when the radio stations were playing the top songs of 2014, that song came up again, and again I was nearly crying while listening and remembering my Joni.

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Yes, My mother in law passed away 11/21/2011 - the week of Thanksgiving and my mother passed away on 12/2/2011. The holidays are very sad for us. I put a smile on for my children but otherwise I no longer care for the holidays.
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I lost my father 3 days after Christmas.  It was hard as I was a teenager so seeing him in so much pain was awful.  A funeral to bring in the new year didn't make for much celebration.  Maybe that's why now I'm happy to just be home during the Holidays without having to run and stress.

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Yes many, and many have strangely died on other family members birthdays

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Five years ago, my family suffered a huge loss when my great-nephew died one week before the Thanksgiving holiday. He committed suicide at the young age of 18. Thanksgiving has been hard to celebrate for my family ever since this tragedy.

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