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Emily Smith

Lynsey Crombie shares the 5 last-minute jobs to put on your checklist for hassle-free Christmas hosting

Composite of dinner tables, wine glasses and decorated stairwell.

Christmas, with all its excitement and joy, can become quite stressful rather easily when you've got lots of guests coming round but not a lot of time to prepare. To keep things stress-free this year, home and cleaning expert Lynsey Crombie has shared her quick to-do list so you can simply eat, drink and be merry when the guests arrive.

Even when you've got all the essential Christmas hosting tips memorised, it's all too easy for the chaos of the festive season to take over. When hosting for the big day, there is so much to remember between cooking the turkey and finding ways to add extra seating to your living room, relaxing and enjoying it yourself seems impossible.

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