Christmas Stress Quotes

Heaven? Floating about with everyone you ever knew for eternity? Me family does me 'ed in after one day at xmas, I'd rather be mush.

For many people, Christmas is indeed the most wonderful time of year. But the festive period can also bring its own unique stresses and strains. But don't despair: there are solutions to many - if not all - of these issues.

My father Bill had a problem with Christmas. Although he appears in old photographs to possess a whippy, muscular frame, he was actually a frail man and usually managed to cause some kind of drama just before the festivities began.

Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.

What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

I'm a last-minute shopper. I end up at the mall or somewhere on Christmas Eve. It's a shame.

Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again.

I'm not a big fan of Christmas, and I think there are a lot of people who feel a bit melancholy at the holiday.

If you're a parent, I tell you how to get through Christmas. I think that if you've ever had a bad feeling about Christmas coming, I'll tell you how to deal with it. So, I think in a way it's like going to a sane psychiatrist that actually gives you some good advice, I hope!

The Christmas-New Year's holiday season can be a double-edge sword when it comes to one's mental health.

My son has a big Christmas problem - what do you buy for a father who has everything and you're using it?

We've all sort of been there: It's coming on Christmas, all that preparation is going on, and you just want to escape. You don't want to buy into it. It's a time of year that brings up a lot of memories for people, and if you're missing somebody, it's hardest at this time of year.

The only thing I liked about Christmas as a kid was the gifts; otherwise, it just seemed like a stressful time.

When I realise that I don't have a lot of time left to do what I'm meant to do in terms of buying things, that's when things begin to feel Christmassy for me - when I realise that time is against me, and I've got to act; otherwise, I'll look ridiculous.

I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to lay people off, especially around Christmas.

December 25th has become guilt and obligation.

I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.

It seems wrong and unfair that Christmas, with its stressful and unmanageable financial and emotional challenges, should first be forced upon one wholly against one's will, then rudely snatched away just when one is starting to get into it. Was really beginning to enjoy the feeling that normal service was suspended and it was OK to lie in bed as long as you want, put anything you fancy into your mouth, and drink alcohol whenever it should chance to pass your way, even in the mornings. Now suddenly we are all supposed to snap into self-discipline like lean teenage greyhounds.

I find Christmas very difficult.

On a busy day twenty-two thousand people come to visit Santa, and I was told that it is an elf's lot to remain merry in the face of torment and adversity. I promised to keep that in mind.

Pre-Christmas is very important, and it is stressful, and, you know, even in the biblical story... travelling on the donkey in a stressful environment.

Incoming is not the thing you want to hear at Christmas.

I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress.

All those poor elves I haven’t set free yet, having to stay over during Christmas because there aren’t enough hats!

Whatever my husband may say, I don't think men really understand what it is like to be a woman, or particularly a mother, at Christmas time.