The Cause and the Cure of Christmas Melancholy, by Kennedy Hall

By Kennedy Hall, Crisis Magazine, Dec. 13, 2024

Kennedy Hall is the author of three books, Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity, Lockdown with the Devil, and SSPX: The Defence. He is a freelance author, audiobook narrator and host of the Kennedy Report Podcast. …

Christmas is a haunting season, both in the sense that it is hauntingly beautiful and a time of great expectation for something that breaks reality in two.

The holiday season fast approaches, or we might say it has already begun in an unofficial sense, what with work Christmas parties and Santa Claus parades happening throughout December. And, with all the merriment and excitement that comes with the season, there is always an element of sadness or melancholy in the lives of some; or perhaps there is a bit of it in each of us, only it is more or less acute.

This has always been the case. Thus, we see the theme of tormented souls dealing with bitterness and sadness in everything from Dickens to Dr. Seuss. It is interesting, considering it is, on the one hand, the happiest time of the year, that we can all relate to a deep interior disturbance that may afflict us while the world seems to be in a state of joy. …

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