Creamy Cranberry Relish-for Thanksgiving

This very delicious dish was handed down to me by my mother in law. I make it every year, it is very sweet and disappears the same day.
I make it the morning of Thanksgiving, so easy to make my grandchildren now mix it all together for me, and we cover it with plastic wrap and leave in the fridge till ready to eat.

Ingredients

3 oz cream cheese
2 cups cool whip
1 11 oz can mandarin oranges
14 oz cranberry orange relish
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 8 3/4 can crushed pineapple
1/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Buy all ingredients except cream cheese ahead of time, cool whip can be stored in the freezer 3 weeks ahead.

Directions

Have the cream cheese and cool whip at room temperature.
Drain the mandarin oranges and put the segments on a paper towel.
Drain the crushed pineapple.
Beat the cream cheese and cool whip with an electric mixer until thoroughly blended. Add  cranberry/orange relish, 1 cup mini marshmallows, crushed pineapple (drained) and the mandarins, leaving some aside for garnish at the end.
If using walnuts, chop coarsely and add to the mixture.
Put relish in a glass bowl, garnish with remaining mandarins and chill for several hours.