The holiday season ushers in unwelcome guests, turkey-related tension, and awkward family dinners where no one is willing to put down their guns. Smooth away anxiety wrinkles from overserved abdomens with today's Groupon to Eternal Spa in Richmond. Choose between the following options:

• For $79, you get two 45-minute deep-tissue or shiatsu massages (a $176 value). Buyers may bring a guest and redeem both massages at once, or schedule one massage on two separate visits.

• For $88, you get a spa package (a $186 total value), which includes the following:
  • A 45-minute deep-tissue or shiatsu massage (an $88 value)
  • A 60-minute custom classic facial (a $98 value)

The skin specialists at Eternal Spa blend traditional and modern spa techniques in services that including massages and custom classic facials. A consultation aids therapists in personalizing each visit by choosing specific scents of essential oils and specific selections for mix tapes that enhance relaxation. Deep-tissue work targets trouble spots to help relieve embedded muscle tension, and shiatsu sessions combine deep-tissue attention with a focus on pressure points, a method drawn from Asian massage. After easing stiff joints and strained dorsa, muscle molders apply an organic body cream that feeds skin cells a nourishing blend of hydrating nutrients and eucalyptus tears.

In the classic facial, epidermal experts analyze skin before composing a custom blend of CZ skincare products. Along with a focus on evening complexions and diminishing the appearance of blackheads, skin therapists also consider the seasonal conditions that beset each face, such as exposure to UV rays or Jack Frost’s diesel-fuelled snow blower. Eternal Spa recommends guests arrive 15 minutes early to handle any necessary paperwork, which they can fill out while ensconced in the waiting area's sumptuous black leather chairs resting beneath the glow of flat-screen TVs.