WNBA players who compete overseas don't get a chance to celebrate the holidays with their families. Sadness, anxiety and loneliness are normal, especially around the December festivities. benpickman on the new traditions created during Blue Christmas:
and Turkey’s Galatasaray: “Don’t call me. Don’t text me. It’s hard.” Scanning Instagram to find a feed full of holiday posts can exacerbate homesickness.
Still, even if players choose to steer clear of social media, reminders of the holiday season are often all around them. On Monday night, in a matchup between Ramat HaSharon and Maccabi Ashdod in Israel, a candle lighting of an oversized menorah took place on the court to mark the second night of Hanukkah.
And back in Schio, eight wooden stalls line the front entrance of the cathedral of San Pietro, the centuries-old church at the center of a quaint Italian town, for a holiday market. An ornament is on every table of a nearby osteria, and window decorations are common across storefronts. Plus, a few minutes after the top team in the Italian league defeated last-placed San Giovanni Valdarno by 61 points Saturday, “Last Christmas” by Wham! played over the stadium loudspeakers. maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Try a week on us.
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