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Hosting Holidays:
A Thankless Task By Jeannine Cintron
“I’ll have Christmas at my house. You can do Thanksgiving.”
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his is the exact conversation I have with my family every year when the holidays approach. Somehow what was once a treasured time to celebrate special days with loved ones has morphed into a violent game of hostess dodgeball, where we all desperately attempt to avoid being pelted by the dreaded holiday hosting obligations. If my grandmother were still alive, I wonder if she’d be the type who would happily host every occasion from A to Z, force-feeding us endless mozzarella-covered entrées and homemade Italian pastries. I bet she would have been that grandma, no questions asked. In fact, she would be downright insulted by the mere suggestion of someone else hosting. Unfortunately, my sweet grandmother passed away in 1987, and thus the hosting wars began. 18
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But I did Thanksgiving last year and I “ undercooked the turkey and almost got everyone sick! Why can’t our cousins ever host? They always come here with one cheap little bottle of wine, stuff their faces, and then have the nerve to ask for leftovers!
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