Hurry Less, Worry Less at Christmastime: Having the Holiday Season You Long For by Judy Christie is one the most popular self-help holidays books around and it is the perfect book to give as a gift for the holidays.  This book focuses on helping busy people to learn how to celebrate the holidays more joyfully and peacefully during the holiday season, especially between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.  This includes the Christian celebrations of Epiphany.  The author provided a plethora of ideas on how to best celebrate the holiday season and reduce overall stress levels. I learned that we should be more peaceful and grasp overall thankfulness.  A thankful attitude and outlook is the best way to go.  This type of attitude is contagious and will transfer to others easily.  If you're no longer panicking, anxiety-filled, stressed out and instead more at peace then many others will take that on too and use it in their own lives. 

In my family we do not stress out about the holidays and have limited the amount of time spend on shopping for gifts.  For most gifts we will instead choose gift cards as a gift for close friends to their favorite stores.  We don't send out Christmas cards anymore and we don't receive them much anymore except from family.  Instead we call and talk with family and close friends and that has a deeper meaning than the card.   I would recommend this book to others in search for finding their own personal joy and peace during the holiday season.