Expert advice on dealing with Christmas stress

FROM family politics to food preparation, office parties to children’s presents — Christmas can be a bit of a pressure cooker, not so much the season to be jolly as the season to get very stressed.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2014 - 00:00

Helen O’Callaghan

We look at five top seasonal stressors and consider how we can get cool, calm and collected for Christmas.

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