(HealthDay News) -- Though the holiday season is joyous for many, it can be depressing for some.

The Cleveland Clinic mentions these risk factors for the holiday blues:

• Connecting the holidays with family problems or painful memories.
• Expecting that you should feel happy.
• Dealing with the loss of a loved one, or spending the holidays away from friends and family.
• Developing unrealistic expectations, or thinking about negatives that have occurred during the past year.
• Dealing with changes in the family, such as divorce or death.
• Drinking too much alcohol during the holidays.