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How to Get Your (Not So Merry) Family Around the Tree

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How to Get Your (Not So Merry) Family Around the Tree

by Linda Natali

All together now: "It's the most wonderful time of the year!" Or as we like to sing in the blended family, "It's the most DIFFICULT time of the year."

You've got your bio-parents, stepparents, your in-laws, your out-laws, kids, stepkids, and half-sibs, the original grandparents, the step-grandparents, and that isn't even counting the aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. There are more players in this production than even the brilliant director-turned-octo-dad, Mel Gibson, would want to tackle.

The holidays can be difficult under normal circumstances, but when you throw in the expectations, emotions, and stress of a blended family, you've got your hands full trying to make it a winter wonderland.

If you don't have the bling and staff that Mel Gibson, Will Smith, A-Rod, Britney Spears, or even the Gosselin family has to underwrite a fabulous holiday spread, read on for some tips that just might make it a bit easier to get the whole "fam-damily" around the tree.…Keep reading

 

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