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Ask Amy: Keeping the Xbox out of Xmas

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Amy Dickinson, Ask Amy Ask Amy

Amy Dickinson is a general advice columnist.

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DEAR AMY: For five years my partner and I have hosted Christmas Eve gatherings for his family. I like the way we make our home warm and festive. While I think we do a knockout job with decorations, food and gifts, I am always left disappointed with the way my in-laws behave. They are generally a bunch of Debbie Downers and Negative Neds who mope through the evening eating, complaining, borrowing...

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