What Do You Say to Someone Who is Grieving at Christmas?

Reblogged from Bertram's Blog:

Christmas is a hard time of year for those who are grieving. Not only does the festivity of the season remind the bereft of all they have lost, but it’s a time for getting together with loved ones, and the goneness of that one special person seems even more unfathomable when you are alone or alone in a crowd.

Grief makes everyone uneasy.

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I hope you read the whole post --- it's an important one, but if you didn't, I'll tell you the answer to the title question.






So, what do you say to someone who is grieving at Christmas?






You say, “Merry Christmas.”