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Ask Polly's Holiday Survival Guide II

Some tips on getting through the most magical, harrowing time of the year.

Heather Havrilesky
Nov 22, 2021
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Trees in Autumn (1921) by Georgia O’Keeffe

You’ve been anxious to see your family for months, but now? You’re just anxious. How will you get through several days in close quarters with some of your favorite people who also, somehow, double as the most frustrating, impossible, merciless, bizarre human beings you know?

As someone who just moved back to her …

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