Fireside Cellars wants to lend you a holiday hand.

Comedian Maria Bamford, also known as “Crazy Target Lady,” manically embodies one tip for the holiday shopping season that kicked off last Friday — participants must be fit, fixated and freaking into it. Beyond the shopping and the party-going, the holidays often require a steady pace of preparedness. One misstep could end in a misshapen gingerbread house, a cranberry cocktail gone sour or even ::gasp:: an accidentally charred bird.

Get in the Holiday spirit this season with these dazzling activities.

Some Seattleites might mark the beginning of the Holiday season with the arrival of festive Starbucks cups (admittedly, an exciting day). Others might be more inclined to get in the seasonal groove following Thanksgiving, when the true Christmas (shopping) frenzy begins. Either way, the holiday lights are coming — so here are