The top five absurd tips from liberal pundits for surviving holidays with Trump-voting family

While the smell of pine fills the air and the stockings are carefully hung, some liberal media have been serving up advice as hard to swallow as dry fruitcake. Their mission? Equipping you to survive holiday conversations with Trump-supporting relatives.

From suggested scenarios that sound more like hostage negotiations to icebreakers that are better suited for therapy sessions than a festive family reunion, here are five of the most overblown ideas the mainstream media is trying to contain your christmas “Trump-proof.”

1. Cancel Christmas altogether

For one HuffPost contributor, the election of Trump it wasn’t just a political turning point – it was a breach of holiday agreements. Faced with the knowledge that her husband and his family voted for the former president, she decided to cancel both Thanksgiving and Christmas entirely. No lights, no songs, no awkward family dinners.

“But I’m not going to thank and hold hands in a circle with people who voted for a party that wants to take away the rights of LGBTQ people,” wrote guest contributor Andrea Tate. “I will not give a turkey to someone who supports people who have signaled that they will harm the disabled and the elderly. I’m not going to sit by the Christmas tree and celebrate the birth of Jesus and sipping eggnog when I know how many people could now be in serious—even deadly—danger because they can’t get the reproductive care they need. I will not unwrap the gifts given to me by people who voted for a party that talked about building internment camps and mass deportation.”

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2. ‘The View’ co-host agrees with advice to cut off pro-Trump families during the holidays

After a psychologist made headlines last month for arguing that people should avoid Trump-supporting relatives this holiday season, “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin agreed, saying many people feel “someone voted not only against their families but against them.”

Shortly after the election, the head of psychiatry at Yale University, dr. Amanda Calhoun spoke with MSNBC’s Joy Reid about how liberals devastated by Trump’s re-election can deal with the news, including separation from loved ones.

“There’s a pressure, I think just a societal norm that if someone is your family, they’re entitled to your time, and I think the answer is absolutely no,” Calhoun said talk show host. “So if you’re going into a situation where you have family members, where you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you, like what you said, against your life, it’s perfectly fine not to be around those people and tell them why, you know, say, ‘I have a problem with the way you voted, because it was against my life and I’m not going to be around you this holiday.'”

3. Use therapeutic techniques to divert the conversation

If your holiday feast is more like a political debate than a festive gathering, Time magazine has your back with a list of 11 carefully crafted phrases to ease family tension.

The best choice? A simple but stern statement: “I’m not going to talk about politics today.” Conceived as a way to create a politics-free safe zone, the advice encourages setting boundaries with relatives whose attitudes you hate—so you can focus on what’s really important.

“Emphasize that you want to keep the focus on the upcoming festivities and ask for a commitment to avoid polarizing topics. If the conversation does end up veering in that direction, cut it off with, ‘OK, that’s enough,’ or, ‘We’re not talking about that here today,'” says the Time article.

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4. Take a break and potentially leave the gathering

The Associated Press has a simple solution: Breathe. Whether the conversation veers into a political minefield or Uncle Bob just won’t stop, the AP suggests you calmly excuse yourself from the argument. There’s no need for a dramatic exit—just a leisurely stroll to the kitchen, porch, or anywhere that’s not the battleground of your family dinner table.

“Things getting tense? Defuse the situation. Leave. And it doesn’t have to be angry. Sometimes a quiet and collected vacation is just what you – and your family – may need,” article recommends.

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5. ‘Ban bad actors’

In a scathing op-ed for MSNBC, writer Amira Barger challenges the idea that family gatherings should always be sacred if they have different beliefs. The author does not distinguish between family members who support Trump and liberal voters.

“I realized that just because you’re related by blood doesn’t necessarily mean that the crowd will protect you,” Barger wrote. “Finding family isn’t always about unity or being forced to stay in a place that hurts you. Sometimes it’s about clarity and the tough choices that come with it.

“This fall, after the conversation that lasted more than 1000 texts in various family group conversations, my husband and I made the difficult decision to firmly and quickly distance ourselves from a large part of my immediate family, whose stated values ​​and voices made it clear to us that we could not be comfortable around them.”

She adds, “These were decisions we didn’t make lightly or hastily, but sometimes the best course of action is to actually ban bad actors.”

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Fox News Digital’s Alexander Hall contributed to this report.