here's what i do for my 5 holiday survival rules
1 preparation:
have hidey-hole ready with all the cool gifts you've already opened on christmas morning.
2 arrival:
now this one is dangerous but also very important. now what you do is never,ever, ever greet the first to arrive. if you do that prepare for small talk and heavy doses of infection. the trick is too wait till a large group of people have gathered then dun dun dun GREET EVERY ONE OF THEM. yes this is near suicidal but make face time now so later they wont ask where is Enter Name Here. don't worry small infection sites can be cured with some combine eggnog http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/stolen-pixels/6914-Stolen-Pixels-152-A-Very-Combine-Christmas-Part-1
3 entertaining:
grab your food either first and early or last when everyone is too busy eating. then either surround yourself with people of your age group. if you have no one or just hate everyone in your family be glad for step one. diverge to hidey-hole but remember always have an emergency escape. just in case.
4 farewell:
one of the safer levels. you can remain in hidey hole or actually go out and say goodbye knowing you probably wont be seeing most people till next christmas... or a funeral
5 clean up:
the escapist way is pretty much how everyone does it or you can "go to the bathroom" for an hour or convinently disappear until most, if not all the work is already done.
have a happy holidays and merry christmas