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Be A Great Toaster
As a guest, do I toast the hostess and host on behalf of our side of the family? We’re having a holiday dinner at the home of our daughter-in-law’s parents for the first time. I don’t know what’s expected.
Does it matter whether my wife gives the host or do I have to? Public speaking is not my thing and under pressure I’m apt to stutter.
–JW, Providence, RI
How to be a great toaster isn't as complicated as you think. You can even use a crib note.
Overcome your speaking challenges for the holidays.
- Make your toast as brief as possible.
- Only a sentence or two is needed at a holiday dinner.
Be a great toaster
- Rehearse your two or three sentences in the mirror ahead of time.
- Make eye contact with those assembled but certainly don't stare at the same the person the whole time.
- Handle nerves and don't fiddle with the hand that isn't holding your glass.
- You don't have to be a storyteller. Give a natural toast that sounds as though you sincerely appreciate spending time with all who have come together to celebrate...
People love a toast, even a bad one. Toasts aren't only given by men, so bow to your wife and let her deliver the toast.
- The important thing about giving a toast is to look at her or him to reply in gratitude.
Hold the glass by the stem
while you make your toast.
~Didi
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