From shopping to cooking to social obligations, Christmas can really wear you out. Don't let it. Take a step back from the madness and have a good laugh. The following quotes should make you giggle. If not, rent a movie like Knocked Up to de-stress.

Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas. - Johnny Carson

Anyone who believes that men are the equal of women has never seen a man trying to wrap a Christmas present.

The worst gift is a fruitcake. There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other. - Johnny Carson

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. - Erma Bombeck

The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin. - Jay Leno

Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home. - Carol Nelson

Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day. - Phyllis Diller

Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it. - Richard Lamm

Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? - Bill Watterson

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall. - Larry Wilde

As the year comes to a close, take the time to look around you and be happy about what you have. Yes, there are people better off then you, but there are also people worse off. Have a good laugh and appreciate what you have.