Three through five are excellent advice. They're all pretty good, but those three are some important keys to sanity and not inadvertently ending up with your head up your ass.

Christmas is 3 days out. How many people are you cooking for? An army? A horde?

Here's my life advice: crock pots. Lots of very large crock pots. Never cook a holiday dinner for a horde without them.

Unless, of course, you have a large campfire, some scrubbed up cookig planks or flat rocks, plenty of aluminum foil, and one of those huge cast iron covered pots suspended by a tripod over said fire. You'll be alright then too.

Its better for your furniture to keep the hordes outside. Generally speaking.

Deceased otters? Ouch. Where'd that come from?

Merry Christmas Penguin!

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