Holiday Humor: Your Most Important Tool for Staying Sane This Season

The holidays bring joy, music, memories… and the occasional urge to hide in the pantry for ten minutes of peace. But here’s the good news: humor is the ultimate holiday survival skill.

Not sarcasm. Not laughing at your family (tempting as that may be).
I’m talking about gentle, good-natured humor that lightens the mood and keeps the season enjoyable.

Studies show that people who intentionally use humor during stressful times:

• Cope better

• Bond better

• Bounce back faster

Humor acts like a shock absorber for the soul.

A Simple Holiday Assignment

Find one small thing every day that makes you laugh. It doesn’t have to be a comedy special. Just a smile or a chuckle.

Try things like:

• Wearing the world’s ugliest Christmas sweater with confidence

• Putting a festive bow on your walker

• Telling your grandkids you grew up with three TV channels and watching their brains explode

• Announcing that your Christmas wish is to avoid explaining your Amazon password again

The holidays move quickly. The memories last.
And the laughter?
That’s what keeps those memories warm.

When you decorate, cook, wrap, celebrate, and repeat—bring humor with you. It’s cheaper than therapy, more fun than vitamins, and never goes out of style.