5 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Relatives Over the Holidays

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5 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Relatives Over the Holidays

December 2011 | TRT 11:16

Think you have to put up with your mean mother or drunk uncle again at your big holiday meal this year? Think again. Rona and I discuss five ways to make challenging relationships less difficult over the holidays.

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