A photo from open sources
Another half months before the winter holidays, however in the United The states are already beginning to prepare for the main celebrations of the year. Here there’s even a modern proverb: “Halloween has passed – it has begun Christmas”.
In the windows of American stores gradually appear Christmas decorations and New Year discounts on the radio you can already hear the songs “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas “, and the first snow in the northern states perceived as real grace. But are all Americans like that love winter holidays?
Scientists from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln last five years engaged in large-scale research to determine which the meaning of Christmas and New Year play in the life of various layers American society. For this, experts interviewed forty thousand a person with different incomes, education, marital status, gender and age. It turned out that more than a third of respondents winter holidays are negative. Researchers concluded that thirty-four percent of americans feel themselves during these celebrations unhappy and suffer from depression.
Interestingly, among those who do not like Christmas clutter and avoids public festivals, there were a lot of creative people professions and with higher education. Moreover, representatives of a typical middle class forced to earn a living by physical or routine labor, mostly adore the winter holidays.
Researchers note that if a person loves the New Year and Christmas, this does not mean that he is stupid or ignorant. However, if you are a creative person, vulnerable and self-sufficient, that is, all chances are that at some point in life you will be disappointed in the New Year and Christmas fun and will spend these holidays with a bottle of whiskey in front of the TV or even try your best protect themselves from them, trying at the same time to do what usually. Better yet, you’ll leave for nature, allow yourself to communicate with the silence of the forest, the music of falling snow, and so on.
It is worth noting that with the advent of Christmas the number of suicides in America is increasing by five to seven percent.
Life Time Snow
