Holidays Without Friction

Lena Fairwood

Every family gathering carries old habits into the same room: the seating that always sparks comment, the cousin who brings politics with the pie, the grandparent who feels forgotten by Thursday afternoon. This is a calm way through it: how to plan a table that gives everyone a place, how to head off the usual friction before it starts, and how to handle the moment it happens anyway. Practical, warm, and built for real families, not perfect ones.