This helped me last year; passing it on because I woke up needing it again.
#grief
It’s the Least Wonderful Time of the Year: What Do the Grieving Want During the Holidays?
http://griefbeyondbelief.org/its-the-least-wonderful-time/
[Reading this, I knew I wasn't alone in feeling suffocated by the faithbased grief comments from friends and coworkers]
Also:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k78ejn/god-religion-atheists-death-grief
https://www.npr.org/2013/01/16/168563480/after-tragedy-nonbelievers-find-other-ways-to-cope
@agitated_trash a timely read, thank you. I've had my own Christmas grief since my parents died but this year a friend of mine who loves Christmas is spending her first without her husband who died earlier this year. They used to love having an open house Christmas morning so I'll be going round to see her and remember him. There may well be a lot tears but we'll also laugh and it will be bittersweet for my friend. Grief is hard x