Happy holidays! Can you handle them?

The holidays are here, with all their parties, shopping, wrapping, decorating, baking and visiting. Does that sound fun and exciting? Or do all those activities sound like stress, stress, stress and more stress?

If the holidays stress you out, you're far from alone. "We tend to put unrealistic expectations on other people and on ourselves for the holidays," said Lynn Tomaino, a licensed clinical social worker in Utica.