ADVISORY/ Drexel University Experts Available for Holiday Season Story Ideas.

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-- Holiday Layoffs: A Drexel management professor can explain why it isn't a good idea to wait until after the holidays to look for work, why family communication is of the utmost importance and why part-time employment is the wrong path to take.

-- Shopping: Drexel e-commerce and marketing professor suggests completing holiday shopping early and knows how to get the perfect gift at the right price.

-- Entertaining: Drexel culinary experts show how to roast the perfect Christmas goose and mix up some delicious non-alcoholic "mocktails" for both Christmas and New Year's Eve get-togethers.

-- Eating right: A Drexel nutrition expert can show how to keep off those unwanted holiday pounds with tips on how to enjoy holiday parties but not overindulge.

-- Children: Taking the kids shopping, juggling their activities, keeping calm while they are home from school or trying to make happy memories in a divorced family are holiday stresses a Drexel psychologist can help parents deal with.

-- Stress: Learn how to handle the stress of out of town visitors, mall traffic and having to pick out the right children's gifts from a Drexel psychologist.

-- Seasonal Affective Disorder: From October through March, some people can't overcome their depression because of this disorder associated with a lack of light. A Drexel psychology professor can help people identify, manage and overcome this disorder.

-- New Year's Eve: A Drexel psychologist can help formulate a plan of open communication, as opposed to lectures, for parents whose adolescent children are welcoming the new year out of the house.

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