Thanksgiving can be a holiday filled with much angst. From thawing the turkey to cooking for a large crowd, not to mention cleaning up, hosting dinner can be a very daunting task. While I can't remove all the worry, I do have some valuable information to share - Dinner Party Seating Strategies (Real Simple, Nov 2006). This article explains how to size up your company (diva? introvert? charmer?) and to determine who to sit next to whom. It even includes a seating card worksheet and answers to Dinner Dilemmas.

As a party planner, I found this article really informative for any dinner party - and quite humorous once I began evaluating potential dinner guests (diva? politico? gossip fodder?). Read the article and you may laugh, too. After all, humor is a great stress-reducer!