Dear Prudence: Holiday advice from Slate’s advice columnists.
SlateThe holidays are teeming with sugar, booze, and way too much family time. Gift Advice From Slate’s Wisest Enjoy Slate’s Holiday Advice From the Experts series from our beloved advice columnists: • Daniel Mallory Ortberg offers advice for spending the holidays alone. If you go, it’s perfectly fine for you to get lost in daydreams, or to think, “I do like the music, but the rest of it is a load of hooey.” Going to church on Christmas and Easter is meaningful to your mother, so you don’t have to call her out because she’s getting a pedicure the other 50 weekends a year. That said, I think it’s fine if you want to tell your parents that you’re feeling hurt about the prospect of being “banned” from this year’s family celebration because you’re gay. I’m dreading the holidays “back home” because many members of my family are very racist, and they know my politics and know I voted for Obama.
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