It's actually 13, and that statistic is a whopping 5 years old!! It's probably far beyond the two-week point by now.

The figure was reported in MailOnline, which cited a survey of 3,000 women in Great Britain that was conducted by the mail order catalog Kaleidoscope.

It also noted: moms, or mums as they say across the pond, spent 288 hours shopping, 4.19 hours wrapping presents, 3.03 hours decorating the house, 4.27 hours preparing the big Christmas Day meal and 4.38 hours cooking it. Eighty-four percent said they would cook the food, as well as serve it. If they were lucky, the meal lasted just over two hours. Because when it was over, they were likely to do the tidying up which, the survey noted, took 11 hours. Sixty-five percent said the holidays are stressful -- hmmmm, wonder why? One in five said they hate the season. Yet most, 70 percent, say all the planning and work is worth it in the end.

A few more statistics: just under a third of these mums said they start planning for Christmas in September so they can get everything done and 46 percent buy items in January to get a jump on the next holiday season. Just writing this is wearing me out!