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Conversation has lagged. The turkey needs another hour. Your brother-in-law is late. How do you entertain your guests during the little ‘quiet’ nothing-to-do but wait times.

Play charades? Keep busy? I think we should respect the quiet times. In fact, a little down time might re-energize the crowd for charades later. I think I found at least one solution.

Last Thanksgiving I checked out books and magazines from the library.

Sounds lame, I know. But it worked. I checked out coffee table books and easy to flip through magazines, in topics that would interest my guests. The Dogist was a great book for the dog lovers in my family to flip through.

You know your family and friends interests but here are some suggestions.