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For mental health's sake, let's consider banning Christmas for good!

Customers shop at Naivas Supermarket along Moi Avenue in Nairobi on December 23, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] 

Christmas has come gone, and the new year approaches, but the damage the entire festive season shall inflict on the overall mental health of millions of Kenyans is incalculable.

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