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The Social Style crash course goes a bit like this:

Everyday social conduct is emphasized from telephone and cell phone etiquette to writing thank you notes, polite conversation and introductions, table setting and manners, how to gracefully handle social mishaps and sports conduct. At ease in these circumstances allows the child to present themselves at their best, red-carpet ready for holiday festivities and family gatherings.

The course is happening this Sunday, December 16th. The 2:00 - 4:00 pm session is for kids ages 7-9, and 5:00 - 7:00 pm is for ages 10-13 and reservations can be made by calling restaurant reservations at 617-598-5255.

And, um, this isn't the first we've heard of a posh hotel hosting an etiquette class for kiddies: the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove held a session for $58 around this time last year, which was touted as a "crash manners courses taught by Mimi's Manners creator Suzanne Willis."

We are kind of poking fun at this, yes; but in all seriousness, we wouldn't mind if everyone who insisted on bringing their young children to fine dining establishments decided to enroll their offspring in this course. We are totally sick of getting foie gras flung at us when we're out enjoying a meal one of those five-star restaurants we go to every night.

Oh, who are we kidding. Some of us at HC answer emails at the dinner table. We're the ones who need etiquette classes.