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...length of your stay, the size of your entourage and your financial situation. Be a little creative, says Baldrige: "You just can't call up and get the fruitcake of the month or something like that. You have to show thought, because anyone who has you as their guest over the holidays, boy, they've really worked hard and gone to a lot of trouble...
Long before anyone had ever heard of Miss Manners, Titus Maccius Plautus discerned the truth about hospitality. "No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days," wrote ancient Rome's great playwright. With the holiday-travel season upon us, there are ample opportunities to annoy friends and family with burdensome visits. For that reason, TIME checked in with two experts, Letitia Baldrige and Peter Post--both out with new etiquette books--for advice on how to be a well-mannered houseguest...
...truth about most of us is that we carefully plan our holiday entertaining but give little forethought to our visits. That's a big mistake, say the experts. Plan ahead to be a good guest, especially during the holidays. "Christmas can mean total chaos; to have a guest stay in the middle of it is really tough," says Baldrige, author of New Manners for New Times (Scribner; 709 pages). To prevent misunderstandings, talk before your visit about exactly how long your stay will be and what type of activities you plan...
...Crimson finally got the break it needed when Duluth forward Tricia Guest was called for cross checking at 16:04 of the third period...
...Crimson fell behind early when Guest beat Boe to a rebound and buried the puck into the back of the net, giving the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead with just over four minutes elapsed in the first period...