If you’re anywhere close to being an adult, you know that Christmas time can be more stress than love: what with losing enough weight in time to justify a glorious Christmas binge, getting everyone in your life a nice enough present to stay in their good books while simultaneously ensuring you end the year with a semi-respectable figure in your bank account plus the added pressures of keeping up to date with the Christmas decorations, it’s no surprise when we need a good pick-me-up.

Luckily, Black Friday is coming up at the end of this month - that's 29th November, if you don't know - and while we’re inwardly prepared to be disappointed, a girl can dream. Here’s a list of things we seriously hope to spot with more than a 10 per cent discount.

1. Cheese

Be it hard, soft, melted or creamy, cheese molds around your mood (get it?) and satisfies you in ways that not even a Luke Azzopardi gown could. Granted, there is a small cholesterol issue in there somewhere, but it's nowhere near as fatal as drinking or smoking. Not only would a serious discount come in handy for all the platters you're bound to prepare, but its also the perfect snack to soothe your soul after a stressful day.

2. Property

Haha... ha. What’s better than an intimate Christmas gathering with your loved ones? An intimate Christmas gathering with your loved ones in a living room which won’t cost you half your life to pay back. Whether it’s cheaper property prices or loans with smaller interests, any kindness on the issue would be largely welcomed. But since it’s Christmas soon – can we have both?

3. Fuel 

All right all right, I might have been cheeky with my previous proposal, but now I’m stooping to downright indecency. Fuel prices have been on the increase these past few years, but why not go back to our roots? Say fuel prices circa 1978?

4. 70% off our favourite brands

Although a minimal discount is always welcome, it is the big American blowout sales that leave us weak at the knees. Malta often sadly disappoints on this one, but come on retailers! What better way to spread the Christmas cheer than with a highbrow version of a Lidl BBQ fight?

5. House cleaning services

Consider this - no need to shelf plans for house parties because of the daunting clean-up process the morning after. Wild Christmas bashes to end the decade and help with the cleaning after? Sounds mighty fine to me.

Can you relate or can you relate?