Once again, someone is trying to make the case that divorces are prone to happen at a certain time of year. This time around it's a columnist from the Toronto Globe & Mail. She points out that many therapists say they see a rise in the number of initial consultations about divorce this time of year.

The holiday season can be stressful for a lot of families, and that stress can obviously exacerbate a marriage that is already teetering on the brink. So when the final straw comes during the holiday season it's easy to chalk it up holiday stress. But I think it goes far deeper than that.

In fact, I think the last thing you want to do is break up right around the holidays, because then you'll be left to wonder whether you overreacted to the stress of the season. The thing to remember is that even when a marriage does break up, the timing is less important than the build-up to that moment. It didn't end all at once. It took time.

And if the holidays hold special significance for you, there's a risk of permanently changing the way you experience them. The writer recounts the beginning of the end of her marriage, which occurred during a family Christmas vacation to Hawaii. The holidays will never quite be the same for her.

If your marriage is going to end, it's going to happen whenever it's time. I'm not sure you can truly control that. But it's no fun if it happens during what is supposed to be a festive time.

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