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7 tips for a perfect holiday home for not so perfect people!
By: Jamie Wiebe
Here’s how to cope with your never-ending to-do list. 
Whoa, December.
You have 27 holiday parties to attend, a nine-hour baking marathon, and oh yeah, the kids are out of school and underfoot.
Spending time on your house is just not a priority right now. Instead of aspiring to be Martha Stewart’s protégé, we recommend unabashedly cheating your way through the holiday season. “Martha Stewart has staff,” says professional organizer and organizing coach Melinda Massie. “Stop the psychological torture of comparing yourself to her.”
Here’s how to keep your home respectable with minimal trauma (and maybe even enjoy the season while you’re at it).
1. Embrace the List:Begin the holidays with a brain dump, listing every single itsy-bitsy, annoying task you need to handle between now and New Year’s. Taxes? Dealing with child care? Decorating your front yard? Buying gifts? Cleaning the windows? The Q4 rush back at the (sigh) office?
Then, “go back through the list and remove everything that you don’t have to do,” says Massie.
Prioritize the home-related tasks that actually matter and ditch the ones that go beyond surface cleaning your guests might notice. Feel free to cackle with glee as you cross off “mop the upstairs bathroom.”
2. Cheat Your Way to ... more

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