Thanksgiving will be here before you know it, and etiquette skills are a must when it comes to the big feast.

Are cell phones at the table polite? Do you have to arrive to your destination with something in hand, like a dish or a drink? We answer those questions for you when etiquette expert Grace Foxwell Murdock, Owner of Professional Grace, joins us in the studio.

Grace shows us an elaborate place setting and a simple place setting. She recommends for children to have a simple place setting. Grace tells us about centerpieces as well.

Grace says absolutely no cell phones at the table. She says they are rude but also germy. Grace also says politics, religion, and health topics should be avoided at the dinner table.

She also mentions the book “Checker” written by Grace herself. It’s about a grandma who teaches her children manners through Checker, the Mannerly Cat. Purchase the book here.