guest help: setting the table

Lay your tablecloth on the table before guests arrive. Then stack the plates, glasses, silverware and napkins you want to use in piles on the table. This makes it easy for guests to set the table for you.

If you’re particular about how each place should be set, set the first one so the guests who are helping you can use it as a guide.

If you want to get really fancy--and you have artistic and very patient friends who like you very much--print out instructions for folding napkins into fancy shapes. Shells and flowers are classics. Bonus points if you choose a turkey pattern.

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