Holiday "Rules" for Husbands

After stifling several screams last week, I came up with the following rules for husbands during the Holidays.  This may not apply to any husband other than mine....and actually, it may apply to some wives depending on how your family rolls.

Rule #1 - If your wife is cleaning and cooking and going to the grocery store and running around like a chicken with her head cut off....go away.  Go to the office, go to the shop, go hunting, go to the grocery store for her...it really doesn't matter.  Just get out of the way!!  Oh, and if you do go hunting, do NOT, for the love of everything holy, actually bring back anything until after the holiday is over.  Your wife will not appreciate having to cook Thanksgiving dinner AND dress out a deer.

Rule #2 - If your wife has made several lists...grocery lists, lists of things to do, lists of what she's cooking, etc.  Don't sit there and point out everything she may have forgotten.  Either add it to the list or go get it for her.

Rule #3 - The night before Thanksgiving, eat a sandwich, or go get a pizza, or something.  Anything but ask "What's for dinner?"

Rule #4 - If your wife is in the process of cleaning out the refrigerator....wait a few minutes to make a sandwich.  You're not starving.  It can wait 10 minutes.  Same goes for getting yourself something to drink.  Unless you just came in from a week in the desert, you're probably not going to die if you don't get something to drink before she's finished.

Rule #5 - Much like rule number 3 - the night of Thanksgiving, after your bride has been cooking for two days and after eating a huge dinner....do not then, that evening ask "What's for supper?"  The answer is either a) leftovers or b)@#$#@&^ or if your lucky c) she rolls her eyes and ignores you for the rest of the night.

Actually, they all could boil down to one basic rule...unless you want to do it all yourself, help a girl out!!!  Especially when the majority of the people coming are your family.  If it's hers, then still see all these rules, but she has less to complain about.

Anybody else have any good rules for the holidays?  I'm sure I missed a lot.