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When it comes to celebrations, there’s no season quite like the holiday season. While it’s always great to be a guest, hosting a holiday party is a great way to show friends and family how much they mean to you. This holiday season, consider the following tips to ensure your holiday party is as memorable as the season is merry.

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Make it a themed party. The holiday season is filled with festivities, from office parties to neighborhood gatherings to gatherings with family. For more casual affairs, set your party apart with a theme. For example, a Christmas sweater party, where each guest wears a Christmas sweater, can be a fun way to excite guests and inspire a few laughs. Give a prize to the guest with the most ornate sweater. If sweaters aren’t your thing, then encourage guests to dress up like some favorite holiday characters, including Santa Claus, Frosty the Snowman or even Rudolph.

Jolly Soundtrack. As people enjoy holiday goodies, make sure they do so with holiday music playing in the background. Choose songs that guests know and to which they can sing along.

Host a holiday giveaway.

Though it can be fun to do a Secret Santa, chances are guests already have enough gifts to buy. But hosts can spice things up with a holiday giveaway that rewards guests. Host a holiday-themed round of Trivial Pursuit or a holiday movie trivia game that encourages guests to compete for prizes. Prizes can be small and inexpensive, but guests will be sure to enjoy some friendly competition for holiday-themed prizes.

Fabulous cocktail buffet. Set up a beverage station so guests can serve themselves, or recruit a friend to help prepare and serve your signature cocktails — sugar-rimmed Cheery Cranberry Mojitos and colorful All Aglow Melon-tinis that twinkle with

sparkle gel. And for a warm beverage choice, offer rich, thick hot chocolate garnished with frosty snowmen, peppermint curls or chocolate candy-coated marshmallows. When it comes to the food, a mix of savory and sweet is a must. Tree-shaped Merry Mushroom Bites and tiny Savory Southwest Donuts piped with avocado to resemble a wreath will wow both the eye and the palate. For another unexpected twist on tradition, stack peppery spritz

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And for the sweets, beautifully decorated snowflake shaped holiday butter cookies displayed on stacked pedestal plates alongside a bowl of truffles adorned with festive candy drizzles make a fit-

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Keep This in Mind When Making Gift Returns Many of the gifts bought this holiday season will end up becoming returns. But not all of those returns or exchanges will be easy. Stores have return policies to protect themselves from fraud and financial loss.

The wise consumer knows what to expect.

Shorter Deadlines Many of the items in stores have finite “expiration” dates. Clothing styles are always evolving and technological advancements can make one product the latest and greatest one day and obsolete the next. That means stores have to be stringent on their return deadlines to ensure they’re not restocking “old” merchandise no one else

will buy.

Some stores will allow 2 to 3 weeks for returns. Retailers may count purchases made during the holiday season as if they took place on December 24. That means the clock starts ticking from Christmas onward for returns.

Restocking Fees Stores may charge a restocking fee of anywhere from 10 to 20 percent to take back items that have been opened. This is particularly true with electronics or appliances.

Whenever possible, if the item received will not be used, do not open the packaging. Opened items that are truly inoperable should be returnable without a restocking fee.

Exchange or Store Credit Keep those gift receipts in a safe

place. Gone are the days when stores will take back just about anything. Today, many retailers want to see the receipt, even if the tags are in place. If a receipt is not available, the item may be exchanged for store credit, and that credit will usually reflect the current “sale” price of the item.

Generally this price is lower than the purchaser paid a few weeks earlier. Having the receipt handy means the greatest dollar value can be given on the returned item.

Return Database A consumer’s return history could be tracked at particular stores. Retailers often have a computerized system that tracks returns made, frequency and whether a receipt was used. Individuals who are frequent returners may find more dif-

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Impress Your Guests with Holiday Etiquette 101 You’ve spent the entire day in the kitchen cooking the perfect holiday meal. But it’s an hour before your guests arrive and you find yourself standing in front of the table listening to that little nagging voice inside your head.

Do the water glasses go to the right or left? What side does the knife go on? Should you go ahead and put food on the table before guests arrive, or wait until everyone gets there?

“We hear from so many panicked people this time of year looking for a crash course in how to set the table and proper manners,” says etiquette coach Jill Slatter. “Most of us are stretched so thin juggling work, school and home that we don’t have time to sit down together for a proper meal except at the holidays, and then the pressure is on to be perfect.”

Based on their most frequently asked questions, Slatter shares a holiday etiquette 101 crash course that’s sure to help you impress your guests.

Set the perfect table Forks to the left, knives and spoons to the right. The sharp side of the knife blade should be turned toward the dinner plate. Only include utensils in your place setting that will be used for the courses you are serving. “If you’re not serving soup or salad, you certainly don’t

their necks to see each other. Make sure your guests can look over any table adornments.

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want an extra spoon or fork in your place setting,” Slatter says. “Not only will those get in the way and create extra work for you, the extra utensils may confuse your guests.”

The bread plate goes on the left of the dinner plate, glasses on the right.

Wait to pour. Water glasses should be the only glasses filled before your guests arrive. Iced tea, wine and other beverages should be poured once everyone is seated.

Wine glasses should be filled halfway, not to the rim.

Salad and bread should be the only food on the table when your guests arrive.

Are you the hostess with the mostest? Remember, the hostess always sits last.

Passing isn’t just in football.

Always pass food around the table counter clockwise to the right and refrain from serving yourself first.

Always pass the salt and pepper as a set, even if you’re only asked for one.

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“There is nothing more disruptive than a cell phone ringing at the dinner table,” says Slatter. “Turn your phone on vibrate, or better yet, don’t even bring it to the table.

Holiday gatherings mark the time to enjoy the company of the people you are with, rather than ignore them by chatting with someone who’s not even there.”

Wait for the signal. Your hosts will let you know when it’s okay to begin eating. They may offer a blessing or statement or perhaps start by passing a dish.

If you’re not sure which utensil to use with each course, start on the outside and work in toward the dinner plate.

If you need to excuse yourself temporarily, gently place your napkin on your chair to indicate you will be coming back.

Signify you’re finished with the meal by placing your napkin to the left of the dinner plate, and your fork and knife side by side diagonally across your plate with the sharp side of the knife blade facing inward and the fork tines up.

“Another big question we hear concerns what to do if you accidently break a piece of the host’s dinnerware,” adds Slatter. “You should certainly offer to replace the broken piece especially if it has sentimental value for the host or hostess.”

Presenting Poinsettias Here are some facts and figures about this classic houseplant: Poinsettias are native to Mexico. The Aztecs called the poinsettia Cuetlayochitl.

Chile and Peru called the poinsettia the “Crown of the Andes.”

In nature, poinsettias are a perennial flowering shrub that can grow to ten feet tall. The showy coloured part of poinsettias that most people think are the flowers are actually coloured bracts (modified leaves). The flowers or cyathia of the poinsettia are in the centre of the colourful bracts.

Poinsettias are not poisonous. A fresh poinsettia is one on which little or no yellow pollen is showing on the flower clusters in the centre of the bracts.

There are over 100 varieties of poinsettias available.

Eighty percent of poinsettias are purchased by women. Eighty percent of people who purchase poinsettias are 40 or older.

Poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plant — and most are sold in a 6 week period. The cost of a poinsettia is determined by the number of blooms.

The length of time your poinsettia will give you pleasure in your home is dependent on (1) the maturity of the plant, (2) when you buy it, and (3) how you treat the plant. With care, poinsettias should retain their beauty for weeks and some varieties will stay attractive for months.

After you have made your poinsettia selection, make sure it is wrapped properly because exposure to low temperatures even for a few minutes can damage the

bracts and leaves. Unwrap your poinsettia carefully and place in a sunny window. Keep the plant from touching cold windows.

Keep poinsettias away from warm or cold drafts from radiators, air registers or open doors and windows. Ideally poinsettias require daytime temperatures of 60 to 70°F and night time temperatures around 55°F. High temperatures will shorten the plant’s life. Move the plant to a cooler room at night, if possible.

Check the soil daily. Be sure to punch holes in foil so water can drain into a saucer. Water when soil is dry. Allow water to drain into the saucer and discard excess water.

Fertilize the poinsettia if you keep it past the holiday season.

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The Fraser Fir may be the perfect holiday tree. Its attractive 1” needles are silvery-green and soft to the touch. Because there is space between the branches, the Fraser is easier to decorate than some trees.

The firm branches hold heavier ornaments. The trees grow to almost perfect shapes, and as long as the cut tree is kept properly watered, the Frasier Fir has excellent needle retention.

The Christmas tree is often the focal point of holiday decorating, and can be the source of many a happy holiday tradition, such as tree-trimming parties or ornament collecting. But everyone’s festive nightmare is the tree that immediately loses all its needles and becomes drier than the Nevada desert in a mere matter of days. Don’t let this happen to your tree. We’ve got tips for selecting and maintaining a beautiful tree throughout Caring for your tree the holiday season.

If you don’t plan on decorating the Buying a tree It’s not hard to select a good tree — once you adorn them with lights and ornaments, nearly all trees look beautiful. But just in case you want a tree that’s more perfect than any of the others, here are a few tips to keep in mind when you buy: Before you leave to choose a tree, check the height of the ceiling in the room where it will be displayed. Things have a way of looking smaller outdoors. Select a tree that is at least one foot shorter than your ceiling height.

Shake or bounce the tree to check that the needles are firmly attached. Few needles will fall off a

fresh tree. The older the tree, the more needle loss you will have.

Don’t be fanatical about this, there will always be some needles that fall out. Think of it as the difference between normal hair loss versus going bald. If you run your fingers over the branch along the needles, they should adhere to the branch and bend but not break.

Check that the bottom of the tree has a trunk at least 6-8 inches long for proper placement in a tree stand. Make sure the trunk is straight so the tree can properly stand. Inspect inside between the branches for insects.

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tree right away, cut about an inch off the base and stand the tree in a bucket of water in a shady outdoor spot until you’re ready to bring it inside. When you bring the tree indoors, cut 1/2 to one inch off of the base of the trunk and place in a tree stand that holds at least one gallon of water.

Never place the tree near a fireplace, heater vents or other sources of heat. Always keep the tree supplied with water. Christmas trees can be thirsty, even going through a quart or more of water a day. Check the water level in the tree stand at least twice a day. Take care to never let the water level fall below the base of the tree as it can seal over and prevent the tree from

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Makes about 36 mini donuts 1 tablespoon ground paprika, divided 1-1/2 cups cake flour 1-1/4 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 to 3/4 teaspoon ground chipotle chili powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup milk 1 egg 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 garlic clove, finely minced 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro Topping 1 ripe avocado 1 teaspoon lime juice Salt to taste chopped cilantro Preheat oven to 400°F. Spray Mini Donut Pan with vegetable pan spray. Lightly sprinkle wells with some of the paprika.

In large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cumin, chili powder and salt. In second bowl, whisk together milk, egg, oil, garlic and cilantro. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir just until flour is moistened. Fill each donut cavity about 1/2 full.

Bake 5 to 7 minutes or until the top of the donuts spring back when touched. Let cool in pan 4 to 5 minutes before removing. Wash pan, dry thoroughly and prepare with pan spray and paprika. Repeat with remaining batter.

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Makes 24 bites 1/3 cup diced yellow onion 3 tablespoons butter 12 ounces portobello or baby portobello mushrooms, coarsely diced 4 teaspoons finely chopped fresh rosemary 1-1/4 teaspoons black pepper 3 eggs 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1-1/4 teaspoons salt 1 package (4 ounces) water or other favorite crackers 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced Chopped rosemary or parsley (optional) Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare Bite-Size Tree Mold with vegetable pan spray.

In large skillet, cook onion and butter over medium-low heat stirring occasionally until soft, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, rosemary and black pepper; cook until liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes; cool slightly. Transfer mixture to food processor. Add eggs, flour, and salt. Pulse until mixture is pureed with no large pieces of mushroom or onion. Fill cavities of silicone mold completely with mushroom mixture, patting flat.

Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until top of the mushroom mixture is firm. Cool in pan 15 minutes; carefully remove and place on cracker. Top with sour cream, sliced red pepper and, if desired, rosemary. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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