How to share your favorites with loved ones — and have everyone go home happy

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How to share your favorites with loved ones — and have everyone go home happy
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As families gather for the holidays, you may find yourself talking television, film, books or podcasts. Pop culture critic Linda Holmes — who shares her favorite things for a living — has some tips.

Some of you have already had your biggest celebrations of the winter season, some of you are about to have them — and obviously, some of you don't have them at all. But if you've got gatherings coming up in the next week or so, maybe you're going to end up with a motley crew of people who don't always spend their leisure time together in one place. Maybe you're going to be trying to juggle some differing tastes as far as what to watch or read or listen to.

The conversation you have about a thing is as important as the thing itself. ... It's the sharing that is communal, not just the agreeing.It is the philosophy of my career, pretty much, that the conversation you have about a thing is as important as the thing itself. Even if you weren't super wild about the movie you just watched, maybe the bonding moment is the conversation about what you did and didn't like about it.

If you have a sneak-off person in your group, let them sneak off gracefully. It can save lots of heartache. Don't force it.Everybody doesn't have to spend the entire time together . Some people need to break off and go hide in a quiet room and read a book, or watch eight straight episodes of, or whatever.

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