Conversational dodges for holiday parties by Hugh Mulligan
A humorous guide to witty party chatter at holiday gatherings. The piece offers tactics for rapid, varied delivery and social maneuvering, including opener tricks, name trivia, aging jabs, and closing lines to keep the spotlight.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Ridgefield
Conn
Hardscribble House
William Somerset Maugham
Cato the Elder
Grandma Moses
Grandma
Anna Mary Robertson
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr
John Denver
Issur Danielovitch Densky
Doris von Kappelhoff
Eugene Orowitz
Kirk Douglas
Doris Day
Michael Landon
Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka
Pope
Ted Knight
Arnold Dorsey
Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert
Claudius
George VI
Hugh Mulligan
Augustine
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