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Please Explain: How to Survive the Holidays

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 19, 2013

For this week’s Please Explain, New York Times Social Q’s columnist Philip Galanes gives advice on how to survive the holidays! He’ll answer listener questions on social conundrums such as awkward holiday office parties, hosting guests, gift-giving, and all kinds of difficult family dynamics. He's the New York Times Social Q’s columnist and author of Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries and Quagmires of Today.

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