How Can Boomers Simplify the Holidays? This week Ask the Expert features Kristin van Ogtrop, who will be answering questions about ways to simplify your life this holiday season. Ms. van Ogtrop, who has spent her career at magazines, has been managing editor of Real Simple since 2003 and oversees Adventures in Chaos, a blog where she writes about life as a working mother. She is author of "Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom," published by Little Brown in 2010. Below are some of the topics she is prepared to address that affect baby boomers in particular: As I get older, I can't hang lights from the house and go all out with décor like we used to. Are there simple decorations that will make us look festive without all the work? Our family has grown to include so many people, is there a way to stop giving to everyone without hurting feelings? Is there a way to ask for a wish list from our grandchildren without taking the generous giving part out of the equation? I love hosting a party for our neighborhood friends, but I can't do the big extravaganza anymore. Any tips on how to do a gathering more simply? I'd like to start a new holiday tradition with my grandchildren. Any great ideas on ways for grandparents to make it special? How do I host extended family in the house if we no longer have rooms set up for them? How do we incorporate more charitable giving into our family holiday now that our children are grown up? Please leave your questions for Ms. van Ogtrop in the comments field.