Sarah Raven, queen of tasteful Christmas decoration, for ideas.How do you know if you’re on the Christmas Super-Stresser spectrum or merely averagely stressed about getting everything done?
Very easy. The CSS starts thinking about Christmas – by which we mean buying one or two presents, just to get the ball rolling – back in October.
Also, the CSS has a notepad by his or her (let’s face it, almost certainly her) bed and will add reminders to this list at around 4am, most nights, from the beginning of November.There will be several other lists, besides the bedside list, and they might include: a present list (messy, lots of scoring out); a MUST DO NOW list; a when-things-are-arriving list; and a food shopping list, which the CSS consults.
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