Christmas is a sad season. The phrase came to Charlie an instant after the alarm clock had waked him, and named for him an amorphous depression that had troubled him all the previous evening.

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 ...

Take heart: We’ve got the unmerry miserabilists for you. Sad Christmas music is practically a genre unto itself. One good starting point, if you can find it, is Rhino’s long-out-of-print “Bu ...

For some, feeling low may be indicative of seasonal affective disorder (SAD). For others, low mood may signal other forms of clinical depression. At times, our overuse of clinical terms in daily ...

Kezin describes the song as “cathartic”, emphasising sad music’s role in retrieving memories and aiding mood regulation. Carol Hall offers her take on hardship in Hard Candy Christmas (1978 ...