Today is Thanksgiving and tomorrow is Black Friday; we're entering a joyful - and frenetic - season of family, friends, food and goodies.
But the holidays aren't all fun and games; there's the stress of preparing the holiday meal, fighting crowds in stores and difficult family members to contend with.
If you're stressing out, don't worry. Here's some help.
Nate Murray, who's director of Mass Bay Counseling and Visiting Angels as well as a licensed social worker, recommends four strategies for dealing with holiday stress.
In addition to planning ahead and cutting back on alcohol, Murray recommends exercising and keeping holiday plans simple.
Murray says the holidays are about having an experience that you want and that you would like others to have.