- If you buy the traditional cake, everyone praises it, but if you bake it yourself with love and effort, expect at best a lukewarm reaction.
- Carolers show up just when there’s finally a good Christmas program on TV. If not, that’s when the relative who talks the longest calls.
- The dish you whip up in minutes will get the most compliments, while the one you spent hours on will barely get a nod.
- If you unpack the artificial tree on the 24th, you’ll definitely find some parts missing—and of course, it’s too late to get replacements.
- The most annoying relative is sure to spill red wine on the light carpet.
- The time you spend hunting for a parking spot before the holidays is always inversely proportional to how long you want to stay in the store.
- If you hide gifts too well from the kids, either they’ve already found them all or you’ve forgotten where you put them.
- The dish you told everyone was the easiest is the one that will turn out badly.
- Kids will be toughest on the gift you spent the most on.
- If you’re sure a gift will be a hit, someone else has probably already given the same thing to that person—before you.
- If you want to be thoughtful and catch a hint about a book someone likes before the holidays, then happily buy it for Christmas, chances are they already have it.
- Trying to exchange a gifted piece of clothing? Either you lost the receipt, the giver mixed up the store, or if everything’s perfect, your size won’t be available.
- The more you try to show off your cooking skills to guests, the more likely something on the menu will burn.
- The more beautiful and fragile the Christmas ornament, the higher the chance you’ll drop and break it.
