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Causes of Holiday Blues

Many factors may contribute to the holiday blues:

• increased stress
• fatigue
• unrealistic expectations
• inability to be with family
• memories of past holiday celebrations
• over commercialization
• change in diet
• change in daily routines

This page was last updated on: May 30, 2006.

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