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Overview Welcome to one of the highest potential stress periods of the year. Why do I say potential? As I have been saying in my stress management seminars and workshops, or have written in my books and scientific articles on stress, what is stressful for one person may not be stressful for another. In short, stress, which is really an internal bodily reaction, is a personal and subjective 
phenomena.What triggers the stress process is, in essence, our perception of a variety of stressors, some of which are both internal (e.g., the high expectations we have of ourselves) and external (e.g., the pressures placed on us by others to purchase gifts). What causes stress is basically a perceived disparity between the demands placed on us by the stressors and the available resources (e.g., financial) that we possess. Nevertheless, because the Christmas contains certain generally held expectations, experiences and outcomes, many people have an increase likelihood of experiencing stress around this "joyous" period of the year. Some
Pitfalls to Avoid
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Although there are many things that can contribute to our stress
around the holiday season, the main source, believe it or not,
is
ourselves. When most people speak about preparing for the
Christmas season they really mean getting their homes ready for
entertaining, shopping for gifts, sending out postcards and
visiting. Few people ever take the time out to prepare
themselves "mentally" (i.e., how they think and feel),
"socially" (i.e., how they interact with family,
friends and co-workers) and "financially" (i.e., the
monetary resources they need to expend) for perhaps one of the
most taxing, yet supposedly enjoyable, experiences they are
about to undergo.
