{"id":28,"date":"2007-12-11T10:15:13","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T10:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/shopping-stress-is-nothing-new.html"},"modified":"2007-12-11T10:15:13","modified_gmt":"2007-12-11T10:15:13","slug":"shopping-stress-is-nothing-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/shopping-stress-is-nothing-new.html","title":{"rendered":"Shopping Stress is Nothing New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-SwmiJ-phIg&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/-SwmiJ-phIg&#038;rel=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object>Anyone who thinks fondly of a yesteryear when Christmas shopping wasn&#8217;t stressful, when choices were simpler, and when people were less frazzled would do well to watch this classic Jack Benny Show clip where Dennis Day struggles with the confusion of having the Christmas spirit in a department store.  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