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Debra Waters

How to handle your family this Christmas: 8 expert tips for managing fallouts while keeping your cool

Wreath hanging on a front door, wide open with view of snow-covered street, representing how to handle your family this Christmas.

With Christmas fast approaching, it's completely normal if you're feeling anxious about exactly how to handle your family this festive season. 

The amount of organising involved could make a CEO sweat, and keeping everyone happy can take UN levels of diplomacy. Instead of anticipating the magic of Yuletide, you’re in a heightened state of anxiety before you’ve even made it to December, as you attempt to juggle your extended family’s requirements with a gift list as long as your arm and a food budget big enough to feed the Isle of Wight. 

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