During a panel discussion on the December 11 edition of NBC's Today show, NBC's chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman claimed that the religious aspect of Christmas is “what makes the holidays so stressful.”
Snyderman argued: “I don’t like the religion part. I think religion is what mucks the whole thing up....I don’t like the religion part. I think that’s what makes the holidays so stressful and — I don’t.”