Another year has gone by and it's finally the holiday season. A season full of family, gratefulness, giving, and, of course, stress. Whether you're like Buddy the Elf or a full-on scrooge, here's a few instances that most of us probably experience at least once during the holidays.

1. When all of the retail stores start playing Christmas music on a loop

2. When all of your friends have started to plan their New Year's resolutions

3. When you spend thirty minutes trying to find a parking space only to discover the gift you're buying is out of stock

4. When the children in line behind you won't stop pitching a fit to get their mom to buy them something

5. When you realize you're not going to be able to spend as much on gifts this year as you originally thought and have to hope the thought will count for certain people

6. When you show up to your company's Christmas party

7. When you're finally done wrapping all of your presents just to realize you left the price tags on

8. When you have to face the chaos to exchange something

9. When someone asks you what your plans are for the holidays

10. And when you finally make it through and realize it really wasn't that bad after all