3 Secrets to Celebrate Christmas Without Stress

CHRISTMAS isn't always fun. Depending on the year you've had, the relationship with your family and how much money is in the bank, lots of us find it easy to feel stressed out and overwrought at this time of year.  [Lucy Kippist news.com.au]

According to what Dr John Demartini a Human Behavioural Expert shared,  below are secrets to avoiding the most stressful parts of the festive season.


Ignore the pressure to buy lots of presents

Be realistic to yourself about how much you want to spend this year and also, how much you can really afford. Don’t exaggerate what is not within your means. Figure out a budget and then make a list of the people that you want to buy for and then divvy it up

 

 

Keep some time for yourself

 

Schedule some time in for yourself over the Christmas break and try not to say yes to everything. Also, be specific about your availability. There is nothing wrong with telling people ahead of time that you’re planning to drop by and only stay for an hour, or even less. Fill your day with inspiring stuff, don’t just commit to other people’s plans. You’ll enjoy the season a lot more

 

Avoid awkward conversations

 

Come up with a witty remark or two, so that you can greet the question without feeling pressured to open up. You can also list the benefits or the positives of this area of your life and the year you’ve had.

For example, you might not have a partner this Christmas but it has freed you up for seeing lots of friends and given you greater flexibility with your plans,” he said.

Christmas isn’t always a happy time for everyone, particularly if you have lost a loved one during the year. And while you can never replace that person, and you will always feel a gap where they have been, it’s important to remember them in a positive way.

 

Demartini suggests giving yourself time to think about the parts of that person that you really miss and the types of things that they brought to your Christmas celebration. Then try and bring those things to the event yourself, or just talk about them.

“You can also spend a bit of time thinking about what you’d like to say to them if they were still here and have a quiet conversation with them in your heart and your head. It’s like sending them a Christmas wish.”

*****MERRY CHRISTMAS****** 

 

Dad dies dancing Gangnam Style in UK

A FATHER-OF-THREE has died in front of his wife after dancing to Gangnam Style at his office Christmas party in the UK. 
 
Eamonn Kilbride, 46, was performing the energetic dance by Korean popstar PSY at the Thwaites Brewery party in Blackburn, Lancashire when he suddenly fell to the ground.
His wife Julie, who was there celebrating her birthday, tried to perform CPR but to no avail. He died of acute heart failure.

Mrs Kilbride told The Sun newspaper that her husband was "a great family man" who she had been married to for 23 years.

“I want people to know how he would help anybody whether it was a life-long friend, or someone he had just met," she said. “Eamonn was always the life of the party and loved dancing.

“We were having a fantastic time at the Christmas party and Eamonn had just finished dancing to Gangnam Style. He was up on stage and entertaining everybody.

“He said he had a bit of a pain and just collapsed," she said. “I tried to revive him until the ambulance got there, but by the time he got to the hospital he was gone.”

Mr Kilbride had three children, Laurajade, 22, Jack, 21, and Conor, 18, who are all at university.

Source: British father dies after dancing to Gangnam Style at Christmas party

Justin Bieber targeted in murder-for-hire plot

Two New Mexico men arrested in a murder-for-hire plot were planning to strangle and castrate pop star Justin Bieber and his bodyguard, according to KRQE-TV.

Mark Staake, 41, and his 23-year-old nephew Tanner Ruane were arrested late last month in Vermont. They were accused of plotting to kidnap and kill four people on behalf of Dana Martin, who is serving two life sentences for the 2000 rape and murder of a Vermont girl in 200. Staake met Martin in Las Cruces state prison.

Tuesday, KRQE, citing investigators, said the Canadian performer and his bodyguard were two of the targets.

Investigators told the station Staake and Ruane allegedly planned to first travel from New Mexico to Vermont and kill two witnesses to Martin's crime, then hit Bieber.
The plot allegedly was planned for when Bieber performed sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Nov. 27 and 28. Police said the 45-year-old Martin was obsessed with Bieber and has a tattoo of him on one of his legs.

Police said Martin directed the would-be hit men to strangle Bieber and the others with a paisley tie, Martin's "calling card," KRQE said. But he apparently changed his mind and ratted out Staake and Ruane before they could act.

Staake was arrested in Vermont on outstanding warrants, but police let Ruane go. Police recorded phone calls Ruane made to Martin from New York, telling him "disappointed he couldn't carry out the murders," KRQE writes.

New York police arrested Ruane, who had pruning shears and what the CBS affiliate describes as "murder tools."

Source :  Justin Bieber targeted in murder-for-hire plot