Adjust your expectations
- Give yourself permission to do only what you can reasonably manage
- Entertain in small groups
- Ask for help with holiday meal preparations
- Wrap gifts together
- Bake holiday favorites
- Set the table
- Send holiday cards
- Attend a religious service
- Keep decorations simple
- Try not to make a lot of changes to room arrangements
- Avoid blinking lights or decorations that look edible
- Maintain as normal a routine as possible
- Name tags for guests are helpful
- Avoid over-stimulation and over-tiring
- Have young children play in a separate room to keep noise levels down
- Morning or afternoon get togethers work best
