Keep a list of the presents you’ve given this year. It saves you from embarrassing duplications
next year and gives you a starting point to pick up bargains in the New Year sales!
Start saving your supermarket loyalty points to redeem
KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE! Christmas comes but once a
year, so if a grumpy relative annoys you, rise above it. Don’t spoil the day because of one person’s behaviour. You probably won’t see them for another year anyway!
LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR
Why not serve starters early? That way no one (especially the children) will be past themselves with hunger, you’re all able to sit down and enjoy it and then you can get everything ready for
the big lunch without watching the clock.
GET EVERYONE TO CLEAR UP – no one gets to leave
on Christmas Day, get other family members to take over on Boxing Day. You deserve a rest!
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Don’t worry if something goes wrong. No one will judge you for a sunken soufflé! Who cares if your mince pies aren’t perfect?
TREAT YOURSELF If you’ve worked flat out playing hostess