{"id":50308,"date":"2013-12-22T09:33:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T07:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/50308\/top-hosting-techniques-christmas-dinner\/"},"modified":"2013-12-22T09:33:23","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T07:33:23","slug":"top-hosting-techniques-christmas-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/uncategorized\/2013\/12\/22\/top-hosting-techniques-christmas-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Top hosting techniques for your Christmas dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"gmw_\">Some only eat chicken and fish, some only beef, some are allergic to Glutenand some are watching their weight. There are three main dishes that need to be on the Christmas table, namely turkey\/chicken, beef and gammon. The side dishes can be anything you prefer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Here are some things to keep in mind when planning a dinner:<\/span><\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"gmw_\">Plan ahead. Ensure that you have your recipes in orderand that you make dishes you have tried and tested.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Consider the menu \u2013 try not to make exotic foods. Most people are not keen on spicy foods.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare the day before. Make as many things as possible the day before your dinner to save time for yourself on the day of.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"gmw_\"><span class=\"gmw_\">Get up early to get everything doneand shower before guests <\/span><span class=\"gm_ gm_7162af35-cbfe-8b40-0e43-1f21a23fd3da gm-spell\">arrive<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Greet guests upon arrival and offer refreshments immediately.<\/li>\n<li>Thank you guests when they leave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='d757bc02acad5f1a8ce151d0948f8ae9'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catering for everyone is a difficult task for many a hostess or host. Here are some techniques to assist you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":50309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}