The big pre-Christmas food shop, wrapping and sorting presents and losing gift reciepts have all topped the list for the most stressful things about Christmas.
Over 2,000 people were asked to contribute to a festive study about what they found trickiest during the holiday season and despite the stress that often builds around Christmas, 66% said that the stress was always worth it in the end.
44% said that despite the stress involved, Christmas Day is the happiest day of the year.
The most stressful things at Christmas time:
- Buying presents
- The amount of money that is spent overall
- Pleasing everyone
- Doing the big food shop
- Having enough money to last you through December
- Wrapping presents
- Putting on weight
- Running out of time to do everything
- Cooking the dinner in general
- Saving enough money throughout the year to afford it all
- Getting the timings for the Christmas dinner right
- Visiting family
- Hosting Christmas Day
- Juggling Christmas preparations with work
- Shops running out of food and drink
- Untangling the Christmas lights
- Putting up decorations
- Where to have Christmas dinner
- Keeping presents hidden from loved ones
- Making sure there is enough food for everyone
- Having to attend lots of social events
- Spending time with the in-laws
- The lack of exercise you do
- Remembering to send cards to loved ones
- Finding a place to hide presents
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