{"id":8571,"date":"2016-12-02T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T10:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/02\/make-christmas-less-stressful\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T09:18:17","slug":"make-christmas-less-stressful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/make-christmas-less-stressful\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Christmas Stress: Four Ways To Make The Holidays Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8571\" class=\"elementor elementor-8571\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-567fb546 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"567fb546\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-751fdb9d\" data-id=\"751fdb9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12af735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12af735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Reducing-Christmas-Stress-e1676970918973-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-16114\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Reducing-Christmas-Stress-e1676970918973-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Reducing-Christmas-Stress-e1676970918973-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Reducing-Christmas-Stress-e1676970918973-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Reducing-Christmas-Stress-e1676970918973-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beejameditation.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Reducing-Christmas-Stress-e1676970918973.jpg 1688w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8c57bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d8c57bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>It\\&#8217;s December, and although all the shops put up their decorations and began blasting out Christmas music what feels like months ago, by all normal people\\&#8217;s standard it\\&#8217;s finally socially acceptable to start talking about Christmas. And we love Christmas at Will Williams Meditation! 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Then cooking can be a nightmare, because for some reason having 18 vegetable sides seems absolutely vital on Christmas day and the temperature of the kitchen rises to around\u00a0180 degrees with every hob and oven turned on full blast. 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