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Now that Thanksgiving is over it is time to get together for the second biggest feast of the year. Christmas Dinner is a huge deal in every family. The year you can plan ahead, Plan so that you have more time to spend with your family and less time cooking and running around like you are crazy.

Not only does planning save you time but it can also save you money. During Christmas, families are full of good cheer and a longing to get reconnected. Let the family dinner do just that.

I want to share just a few tips on how to help dinner be a delight instead of a huge disaster.

1. First find out who all will be there for this years Christmas Dinner. Since it is family and if you have planned way ahead and done your inviting, most of your family will probley be coming. But there may be some that have already made plans, have to work, or may even be going out of town. So make sure you double check on who will be attending.
2. Ask everyone to bring something. Don’t try and do it all yourself and if each person brings something that is less you have to cook. I have the people who live close bring warm stuff and the people who live a long ways away bring the cold stuff.
3. Make all the side dishes and dessert before hand. Figure out what you can fix and freeze before hand.
4. Try cooking the turkey early. It takes a few hours for the turkey to cool anyways so get that one out of the way.
5. Serve Buffet style. Let the family serve themselves. Now we already do this so this one was the easiest one for me but if you are used to serving the family then this year try and let them serve themselves.

Planning a Christmas Dinner for your family can be an amazing, wonderful, great time filled with fellowship and love. So use these tips so that you can spend more time with your family and friends.

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