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[quote=Anonymous]I want to echo the comments about prepping being the key. I hosted over 30 people for Thanksgiving and had some crazy relatives coming. I prepped everything before hand, made as many dishes as possible ahead of time for dishes where this works and had the kitchen cleaned hours before everyone arrived. We cleaned the house and set up the tables early the prior day. I did this so I wouldn't be pre-occupied for whatever chaos arose. I was shocked at how much easier this was than other dinner parties.

The other plus about being prepped and ready to go is that if you have a less than helpful relative that always inserts herself right in the middle you cut this off before it starts. If there is nothing to do, you don't need to deal with the critiques or chaos. You can just tell her that everything is done so she should just go enjoy herself.

Things that people appreciate most seem to be -well cooked food with good presentation. It shouldn't be complicated or overly fancy. Just use good serving ware and garnish. Grab a bag of cranberries, green garnishes, small apples, lemons or oranges -whatever is pretty  for garnish. If you have Brie En Croute -thinly slice some green apples and get good water crackers.

We have a large screen TV in the family room and hooked up a photo stream of old family photos of everyone. This was a great distraction and back drop before it was time to sit down. [/quote]

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