Boy am I cutting this one close. By now you’ve probably already spent more than enough time with your Uncle Billy or Aunt Jane, right? Sure, that store-bought eggnogg does the trick if it’s loaded with brandy, but after a while all that egg yolk and cream starts to really get the tummy sloshin’, not to mention the slurs and inappropriate comments you might blurt out from drinking said ‘nog. And believe-you-me, I’m not here to tell you to act any differently. It wouldn’t be the holidays without a drunken blowout or a few comments that leave your relatives feeling just a wee bit uncomfortable. Don’t worry – the great thing about relatives is that they have to love you, even if they don’t want to. And when you open up that hand-made sweater that’s a few sizes too big or perhaps the 2009 cat calendar, you won’t feel the...








