Page 18 University Daily Kansan, December 7, 1982
Christmas may bring Yuletide depression
By DON HENRY Staff Reporter
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy. But for some, Christmas is anything but happy; for them, it is a season of depression and anxiety.
Dennis Karpowitz, director of the University's Psychological Clinic, said recently that in a prominent cause of depression during dementia trials was expectations that were unrealized.
"Also, if there's unfinished business with the family — if the parent and the child, now an adult, haven't worked out an adult relationship — that can be tense," he
Richard Rundquist, director of the University Counseling Center, said that one cause for holiday depression was the nostalia that surrounded Christmas.
"Memories have a lot to do with Christmas depression," he said. "Certain things are
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Thomson said that he especially remembered one Christmas Eve, when an embarrassed and upset mother called him in desperation.
"She said she had tried every way to have a Christmas and failed." Thomson said. "I remember getting a box of groceries together and toys for the kids. We just happened to have a turkey in the freezer.
"I can remember ringing the doorbell, and a little girl opening the door, her eyes as big as saucers. She could not believe all that food was for her family. It's things like that that make Christmas mean-aineful."
THESE INTERESTED families who meet the requirement should pick up an application for the basket at the Hampshire St., 864 New Hampshire St., Thomson said.
A year-round service organization, the salvation Army was organized by William H. Tilman, a former commander of the Army.
street-corner preaching network to bring poor people into the organized church.
Booth, a Methodist evangelist, eventually became disgusted with the English church, Thomson said, because it served him well. He built an autonomy and let the poor fend for themselves.
He organized the Salvation Army, originally called the Christian mission, based on the philosophy that man needs "soap, soap and salvation." Today the organization operates in every large city, United States and in 63 other countries.
IN A SEMIMILITARY Fashion, the Salvation Army trains and titles the staff members of its organizations. The bellringers for charity are symbolic of a Christian tradition to summon worshipers to the altar in response to messages to the world that "need has no season."
According to Thoronson, the food baskets this year contain enough food for Christmas Day and toys for families with children.
THIRD ANNUAL
HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Saturday, December 11, 1982
7:00 p.m. to midnight
The University of Kansas
Refreshments and a variety of cultural entertainers
Tickets $2.00
Tickets $2.00
Available at the Office of Minority Affairs, 324 Strong.
International Club office, B115 Kansas Union, and the SUA Box Office, Kansas Union
Sponsored by the Office of Minority Affairs, International Club and MECHa
Request for the Office of University Relations
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