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    20 Ways To Have A Delightful Christmas For Two

    The perfect Christmas is you, your significant other, and NO ONE ELSE.

    So you and your mate have decided to just lay low for Christmas this year. No family, no friends, just 48 hours of pure yuletide bliss.

    Things to do/prep leading up to Christmas Eve...

    1. Decorate your tree with couple-y ornaments.

    2. Integrate your individual Christmas playlists into one.

    Alternate songs and everyone's happy.

    3. Wrap yourself up in twinkle lights and take a photo.

    4. Stock up on booze.

    The food...

    5. Since it's just you two, try a fancy-schmancy appetizer like caviar blinis. These are a bitch to make for a crowd.

    6. You could also indulge in some foie gras, which might otherwise be too expensive to provide for a party.

    7. Here's another easy appetizer (or morning snack) that you can make in two perfect portions.

    8. Instead of roasting a huge bird (and eventually trashing the leftovers), try a much smaller (but delicious) Cornish Game Hen.

    9. Here's the perfect recipe for a double serving of mashed potatoes.

    10. Instead of making a whole pie (which you will inevitably eat all of), make a couple mini-pies in a muffin tin.

    The entertainment...

    11. Queue up a selection of romantic Christmas movies.

    12. Relax in a romantic bath filled with Christmas-y aromas.

    13. Get your cuddle on.

    14. Get nekkid. (Sorry, Mom.)

    On Christmas Day...

    15. Get up and put on some matching PJs.

    16. Take a walk in the crisp, Christmas air with one of these hand-holding mittens.

    17. Cuddle up and listen to the audio version of David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries.

    View this video on YouTube

    Because there's no way you could get through this without interruption at your family's house. Ahhh...peace.

    18. Get out and volunteer for a few hours!

    19. Scrabble: yesssssss. (And other board games for two.)

    20. Hold hands while figure skating. Weeeee! Isn't Christmas with your boy/girl the best?

    Just whatever you do — don't do this.