Merry & Chic

About this book

A dazzling deck-the-halls guide to creating your most spectacular holiday ever--complete with recipes, show-stopping Christmas décor and chic DIY ideas for gifts galore. "In this amusing and useful guide, journalist O'Shea-Evans (Alpine Style) shows how to amp up the holiday spirit in one's home....This brings the cheer."--Publishers Weekly Welcome to the merriest, most stylish guide to holiday joy ever made. This dazzling book has it all--including recipes (some from iconic people, such as Abraham Lincoln's gingerbread recipe and Jackie Kennedy's Polet a l'Estragon); decor advice (all decadent-looking but easily achievable, thanks to input from designers); monthly to-do list calendars for your sanity; playlists of unexpected holiday jams for different types of events (from cocktail parties to lingering candlelight suppers); and DIY gift ideas that will actually be adored. Let the festivities begin!