Some George Webb restaurants will be open on Christmas Day. Call ahead to confirm. Think captive audience. Many hotel restaurants are open, some for limited hours, for guests' convenience on Christmas Day. If you call right now, this minute, you could get holiday relief.
Instant decoration can come in the way of plants.
The nose knows. Simmering apple cider punctuated with cloves and cinnamon can make an undecorated room feel like Christmas in a way that spraying Pine-Sol won't. Village Gardener's Paulin also suggests scented candles, or, if you're really in a rush, pine cones for decorating, along with pine boughs. Play a game. Pat Berg, a professional party and events planner for Meet Milwaukee Inc., suggests a game that her family plays each year.