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Article snippet: Welcome to the Smarter Living newsletter. The Smarter Living team emails readers once a week with tips and advice for living a better, more fulfilling life. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Monday morning. In just a few short days we’ll all be gathered around a table, stuffing our mouths with enormous amounts of food then promptly falling asleep for a long, solid nap. Whether you’re hosting, attending or just along for the ride, here is some our best advice for making sure this year’s meal is a good one. The most important thing to remember? The holidays should be fun! Who cares if the pie is burned or the turkey is overcooked? Just enjoy yourself and try to make some great memories. (And feel free to take as many photos as you want.) If you’re hosting, you’ve hopefully at least sketched out what you’re going to cook and, in a perfect world, you’ve finished a lot of your shopping. But this is an imperfect world, and we are imperfect people. So let’s start from the top. How to Host a Dinner Party Before we even get to the cooking, let’s go over how to be a gracious and attentive host (or guest), because really, what is Thanksgiving but a dinner party turned all the way up? Get the Right Gear If you’re still doing last-minute shopping to get all the right hardware in your kitchen, look no further. Here we have five cheap(ish) things that will make your cooking much easier. How to Deep Clean Your Fridge In order to make room for all your ingredients, give... Link to the full article to read more