(Originally published in 2018, this post remains timely for your upcoming holiday get togethers.)
If the holiday season is, as the song says, the most wonderful time of the year, it can also be one of the most treacherous. Why? Because as we get together with our families, politics in these contentious times is likely to come up in discussion. Rare is the family (or group of friends) where everyone agrees on current events. So, how do you avoid turning political discussions into deeply entrenched battles that leave everyone bloodied, angry, and defiant?