The holiday season can be very stressful, but it may come with some depression that can make you feel like your holidays are ruined. It is the season of cooking meals, shopping, baking, cleaning, and entertaining to name a few of the demands. You might be stressing about your and your loved one's health during the pandemic, getting everything done, making sure all the gifts were wrapped and all the lists checked. Here are 7 practical tips to help prevent holiday stress and depression.

It’s that time of year again, the air is cooler, with sweater weather becoming more of a norm. Everyone is wearing their beanies and jackets; it all seems to fit perfectly with Christmas right around the corner. It’s a great time of seeing family, spending time with friends, eating sweets, and looking at Christmas Lights. But not everyone feels the same way about the Holidays.

For some people, this time of year can be the worst or most stressful time of the whole year.

You Love Christmas, but this year is different. You went through a break up or maybe you had to distance yourself from someone you care about. You started last year hopeful and excited for what is going to happen and where you are going to be at the end of the year. But you also started the year with someone you love or care about, and how everything is different. You have now have an estranged relationship with someone. An estranged relationship is the loss of a previously existing relationship. This can be from a family member, a friend or a past significant other.

It’s Christmas! Yay! You have been waiting all year for this day to come. You love everything about Christmas, the decorations, the lights, the food, the music, the family time, the gifts. And you LOVE giving gifts. You want everyone to have the perfect gift, because giving gifts is your way of showing your friends and family how much you care about them. And every year you are know for giving the biggest and most expensive gifts. All of your friends and family look forward to your gifts!