'As I enter my third festive period without Dad, I’m finally realising it’s OK to be sad at Christmas – and actually, I want to be.' ✍️ Nmozz writes for MetroOpinion
For the first two Christmasses after my dad died ofI made an extra effort with presents for everyone, I insisted we all dress up, I tried different recipes for Christmas dinner, created fancy newIt was a coping mechanism. I needed Christmas Day to be normal. I needed Christmas to be happy. I needed it desperately.
Now, as I enter my third festive period without Dad, I’m finally realising it’s OK to be sad at Christmas – and actually, I want to be. My parents broke up when I was young, but we were still a family unit when it mattered, and we spent almost every Christmas Day together, the four of us. So, to grapple with loss during this time is a painful dislocation, an unmooring that spins you into a jarring new reality, with nothing familiar to grab hold of.
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