From hanging stockings to reading Dickens, drinking eggnog and trimming the tree, Christmas is a holiday that restores our spirits, warms our hearts, and stays in our memories. And what better way to welcome all the joys of the season than with this charming, heartfelt collection that brings together a sleigh-full of Christmas traditions, recipes, decorating tips, crafts, trivia, stories, carols, and other delightful ideas? From serving Glogg to making your own snow-globes, creating fabulous centerpieces to ordering the fruitcake, as well as insightful ideas for sharing and preserving your own family memories and creating new, personally meaningful traditions, this book shows you how to: prepare fabulous recipes for a Christmas feast or open house, from Swedish meatballs to pecan-crusted French toast; find the perfect tree and decorate it with personal style; sing out - with more than a dozen beloved carols; deck the halls - inside and out - with flair; create festive, personalized crafts that can be used as decorations or gifts; wish others a Merry Christmas in dozens of languages, from Portugese to Dutch; and entertain the whole family with the best Christmas books and movies.
