The winter holiday season can be fun, sad, stressful, or all of those rolled into one.

Spending time with family — not spending time with family — enjoying food but worrying about eating too much. All of us have experienced at least some of that.

Karina Bland, My So Called Midlife columnist for The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com, writes about the holidays and many other things.

We talked with her about getting ready for the final lead-up to this weekend’s celebrations and festivities.