# Black Christmas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-christmas/607314>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 24, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-christmas/607314 "2011-12-24T23:03:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-christmas/607314/21 "2012-01-01T15:33:58Z")

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> [@digs](#):
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> Yeah, and just a couple more warmed cockles would’ve put us over the top.

Right, now I’d settle for warmed cookies.

But someone took the last two..  
-D/a

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**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-christmas/607314/22 "2012-01-02T21:56:33Z")

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> [@Theophane](#):
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> The good can outweight the bad sometimes, sometimes by far. ☹
> 
> There is always a spike in suicides around Dec. 25.
> 
> I wish people could be happier over the holidays, even if they don’t believe in Jesus. Especially if they don’t believe in Jesus.

> **[Christmas Suicides](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/unhappy-holidays/)**
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> Does the suicide rate go up during the winter holiday season?

That is not true about the suicides.

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