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Beat that holiday stress
Decorate the tree, bake the shortbread cookies, find that perfect gift for the uncle you barely know and the list goes on and on and on ..... Before you know it, the last week before Christmas has crept up behind you and the number of holiday chores that have yet to be checked off has grown to gigantic proportions.

Your heart is racing, your head feels swollen with 'to do lists' and your last speck of festive spirit has been sucked right out.

Welcome to the most stressful season of the year.

While some grin and bear it vowing to plan ahead next year, others have discovered ways to loosen the festive knots in their shoulders by doling out their Christmas tasks.

"People have to be willing to delegate," said Glenna Colling, a local personal shopper and concierge. "They have to be able to say 'I don't have to do this myself. It's OK to have someone do it for me.' The biggest challenge is trusting that someone will do it as well as you do it."

Colling is a dream come true for those people who feel nauseous at just the thought of stepping into a shopping mall at Christmas. Source.

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December 4, 2004