A few household items can undo holiday spills

The Christmas/Hanukkah/New Year's party season is here. But oncethe party has begun, what do you do when Aunt Maude spills the gravyor cousin Tom drops the Jell-O mold?

Here are some quick cleanup tips:

Metal, glass and just about anything outdoors can still be cleanedwhen the temperature drops below freezing. You can clean off smudgesand even dirty fingerprints with automobile windshield washing fluid.If you're going to wash all the windows outside, put on rubbergloves, pour the windshield washing fluid into a pail, sponge on,squeegee off, and wipe up drips on window sills with an old, 100-percent cotton towel.

If the furniture inside is getting to feel a …