What sort of festive music goes with that? Turns out, there are more than a handful of "sad" holiday songs written about the not-so-fun parts of the season. We're taking a look at 30 of them below.

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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.

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What is seasonal affective disorder? Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression. It happens during certain seasons of the year, most often fall or winter. It is thought that shorter ...