Write! Okay, only slightly joking, but people should know better than to annoy writers. Especially mystery writers where they need victims and murder suspects. So, yes, one way to deal with holiday stress is to take whatever is stressing you out and think of a funny way to deal with it. Or a bloody way to deal with it, if that's how you write things. Do you and all that.
Another way to deal with holiday stress is to just unplug for a bit. Not all day, but maybe for a half hour to a hour. All you do is go chill out somewhere quiet or somewhere people can't reach you - library or coffee shop - and just read. Or do a crossword. Or whatever would make you calm down and realize that you don't have to do everything all at once. It's not Christmas Eve. Present wrapping will wait a moment. So will shopping. Also, you're more likely to get sick during the holidays while dealing with stress, so another good reason to go try out an eggnog latte at Starbucks (they're delicious).
The last way to deal with holiday stress is because I do it a lot is to play a video game. Sometimes bashing pixels of bad guys heads is the best way to make it feel like you're going to get through it. It doesn't have to be a video game like Warcraft. It could easily be a game on your phone like Candy Crush. The added bonus of it being a game on your phone or one that you can easy take with you on a DS or similar thing is that you can play while at the coffee shop. Or library if you have headphones. So it's a win-win really.
What's your best way to deal with stress around the holidays? Feel free to leave a comment below or poke me on Facebook or Twitter. Until next time, happy holidays!
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