How to survive Christmas when one spouse loves it and the other does not
Kimberly Noble explains why creating a family is the hardest thing any of us will ever do, and why it's especially challenging at Christmas.
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Oh, yes, here it is again. That most wonderful time of the year. For some, anyway.
In many families it is also the love/hate season.
The great Christmas divide — that fraught and perilous chasm of of emotion — strikes very close to home for Kimberley Noble.
More than close to home, in fact.
It's right there.
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