As the holiday season approach es, we anticipate family fun and togetherness, the exchange of gifts, and the observance of family traditions that make time spent with loved ones most memorable. But once this wonderful time of celebration, thankfulness, and sharing has passed, many people, young and old, find themselves filled with an overwhelming sense of sadness. What is it about the “post holiday pits” that leave so many of us feeling unusually bleak, blah, and blue after the hol idays? TkeQiainSaWsßjrftopleW 10 like Lumberjacks, Net Work LikelKem! If you know a little about the tim ber business, you know that Stinl chain saws have been used by profes sional wooacutters for over sixty years. So maybe you think Stihl equip ment is “too good” fora suburbanite or farmer or anyone else who needs to cut wood on an oc casional basis. Well, we’re hap py to tell you that Stihl makes a whole senes of chain saws with your needs in mind. 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When gifts or family gatherings are not as perfect as they could be, when long-standing family traditions are abandoned, and when certain fam ily members are not present to share in the holiday spirit, many people are likely to feel let-down and disappointed. So how can we avoid the holi day blues and prolong the festive, warm feeling of the holiday sea son? Here are a few suggestions: Make Expectations Reasonable If you have looked to the holi day season as a solution to your other dissatisfactions in life, and as the time to “finally be happy”, you’re almost inevitably going to find that the season can’t possibly live up to your expectations for it. Why not make expectations more reasonable. Instead of saying “things just have to go we 11...”, try “it will be nice if...” If your party Ponte A & B SALES & SERVICE 370 Nawport Road 2 Ml tea South of Rt 23 Along 772 Thru Montaray MARTIN HARDWARE ft EQUIPMENT CO. Rt. SOIII/2 M to* South R ich—ffcrclown. 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If greater sense of warmth and con mailing all those greeting cards to tentment. everyone you know has become Celebrate throughout the year more of a dreaded chore than a ful- With everything geared towards filling activity, maybe it’s time to the holidays, it’s no wonder that let go of this tradition in favor of the months following seem like a another that is more enjoyable for dismal period of winter slush, you. With so many tasks to carry runny noses, and overall boredom, out at holiday time, we all need to Keep the holidays in perspective take more time to relax and enjoy as a happy time, but not the only the truly special moments of the happy time; as a time to be togeth season. er with family and loved ones, but Give to Others Even After the not the only family time; and, as a Season One cure-all for the time to let others know you care, post-holiday blues may be to but certainly not the only time for extend your giving to others in The caring. By celebrating special community. 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