["I get sentimental around Christmas. Christmases with my parents were the best but now they're gone.", "Oh I'm so sorry to hear that, how long have they been gone.", 'I lost my dad a couple of years ago and my mother followed a year later. It is sometimes hard to get through Christmas without nostalgia.']
Oh wow....I hope you can get through it.
When Christmastime comes along I often get sentimental. I miss spending Christmas with my parents who are no longer here.