The Los Angeles Times Book of Christmas Entertaining...

Christmas is a time to have fun with your family and friends - a time for giving, and sharing, and doing things together. Graphics designer Dawn Navarro and Los Angeles Times Food Editor Betsy Balsley have pooled their talents in this delightful home-style Christmas book to suggest how everyone can participate in the creative activities of the holiday season. Among more than 25 craft projects in this book, complete with step-by-step instructions and patterns where necessary are: a charming pieced country cat quilt, ideal for a community quilting bee; huggable teddy bears in calico, cotton velvet...; plans for staging a Christmas portrait party with Santa and your children; a Noah's Ark, stocked with domestic animals or lavished with a jungle of exotic beasts; personalized gift-wraps produced by using paper cutouts, rubber stamps, and a variety of calligraphy pens;plus homemade spiced and herbed oils and vinegars in interesting containers as out-of-the-ordinary gifts from the kitchen. Over 60 tantalizing Christmas recipes lend themselves to many kinds of get-togethers. There are 100 full-color illustrations. The book is in good condition and the dust jacket shows some wear.