Passing Holiday Hosting Duties to the Next Generation

Passing the Torch (or the Platter)

By Mel Walsh
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the December 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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As important as donning the mantle of Holiday Queen was to Mel Walsh, the bigger rite of passage was in passing the torch to her daughter.

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