Overwhelmed moms share tips for a stress-free holiday season [Video]

Counting down to Christmas, there’s often lots to do like shopping, wrapping and cooking.

Those tasks are mostly done by women for their family and sometimes the “to-do” list can be overwhelming.

Alana Edwards is a mother of three who also runs the “Elves for Seniors” charity gift-giving initiative, so December is especially full for her family.

“I do all the shopping. I do all the wrapping. I make that dinner for our family and our extended family and yeah, it’s a very chaotic time of year for us,” Edwards said.

Her friend Jess Murray is an educator and mother of five, so every season is busy.

“There’s a lot of pressure to be perfect cook, and the perfect mom, and the perfect friend and the perfect wife and the perfect daughter and the perfect sister, Murray said.

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