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It takes a village to throw a party

Hosting can be . . . terrifying.  I’ve gotten better at it over the years, but I still feel the pangs of dread: What if I don’t have enough food? What about the lighting, and the seating, and my place is such a mess, where’s that weird smell coming from, and what if nobody comes???  There’s not much worse than the awkward humiliation of an empty party.  

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