Sufjan Stevens’s melancholy Christmas song “That Was the Worst Christmas Ever!” is more appropriately described as an Advent song. Although so many commercial and social media depictions of family Christmas gatherings are warm, fuzzy, and comforting, the reality is that many people dread the holiday season and its gatherings. By means of comparison, the visual depictions of the season often highlight our loneliness, our dysfunctional relationships, our sense of abnormality and brokenness. In ...
"That Was The Worst Christmas Ever!"
