Remember that your partner's needs haven't changed and they will likely need extra support from you at this time of year, especially when managing demands and expectations from others.

Respect that your partner will need to say no to some social requests and never try to cajole them into going through with something that you know they're going to struggle with to some degree.

Remember that your partner may just want to live life as they normally do every other day of the year.

Just because we're not the ones being overtly sociable or chirpy doesn't mean that we need to be 'brought out of our shells'.  One of the worst phrases we can hear is, 'Oh come on - get into the spirit of things'.  We need to be able to do what we can do when we can do it which won't always tie in with other people's idea of when we should be able to do things.

Talk to your partner about possible changes to their routine and help them think about ways they can manage this.