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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get overwhelmed at trying to do the last minute stuff for thanksgiving, while 6 people are all trying to visit with me.  Not help, just talk and be in the way.  So here are my suggestions:

Ask 3 or 4 people to come over three or four hours before dinner time to help with the last minute stuff.

Ask someone to be in charge of steering visitors out of the kitchen during that last hour or so before dinner is ready.

Ask your guests (a month or so before thanksgiving) if they have folding chairs and /or folding tables.  If yes, ask them to bring them to your house and set them up the day before.

Set up drink stations / coffee stations / snack stations somewhere out of the kitchen area.

Make it easy for people to find the trash cans.  Put extra trash bags in the bottom of the trash cans so that volunteers can take out the trash and replace the trash bags as needed.

Cook and cut up one of your two turkeys the day before.  Or have someone else bring an already cooked and cut up turkey.

I realized that making the mashed potatoes is one of those things that "hogs" the kitchen at the last minute.  So now I finish the mashed potatoes a couple hours before the turkey will be done, then put it in a crockpot to stay warm until it is mealtime.

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Great tips! How do you keep the potatoes from drying out or "densing up" in the crock pot? [/quote]

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