Stress At Christmas |
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For a number of reasons, Christmas can often turn out to be one of the most stressful times of the year. This is very likely partly because, coming when it does, Christmas is often a time when one tends to assess the year gone by, with its disappointments as well as its achievements. Also, simply because it is the traditional season for getting together and exchanging greetings, Christmas can heighten feelings of loneliness, always a potential source of stress.
Ironically, Christmas family gatherings can be notoriously stressful occasions as well, fraught with tension and friction which seem almost inevitable when family members possibly meet only once a year. And celebrating Christmas is unfortunately now such a commercial enterprise that the preparations start earlier and earlier each year, and the build-up can seem endless. It’s only too easy to try to do far too much, and get tired and stressed.
One way to counter this is to be as well organized as possible, by working out a really manageable count-down well in advance, and sticking to it. Another is to stop and remind yourself what Christmas is all about, and this is when the simplest of shared preparations can often result in the most successful celebrations, with a really happy, stress-free Christmas for everyone.
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