Contains a collection of twelve tea parties that includes menus with easy-to-follow instructions, information on creative entertaining and decorating ideas, and stories about the customs of Christmas.

A full year of special teatime ideas from Emilie Barnes invites the blessing of friendship into readers? home every month. Each special theme includes tempting recipes, ideas for d?cor, and delightful details about the story of tea. These 12 ready?to?plan parties place friendship as the centerpiece for every celebration: Start the new year off right: A Celebration of Beginnings Chocolate brings friends together: A Celebration of Sweet Pleasures Mothers are queen for the day: A Celebration of Women As she did for the popular "The Twelve Teas? of Friendship," artist Susan Rios accompanies Emilie's inspiration with new paintings of tea services and idyllic settings that invite the reader to create memories of good cheer with a friend.

Celebrate the warmth and intimacy of friendship with the warmest and most intimate of celebrations -- a tea party! This collection of seasonal celebrations -- complete with easy recipes, doable decorating tips, and other imaginative ideas -- will inspire you to nurture your friendships through the seasons, through the year.

Bring more meaning and wonder into the Christmas season and throughout the whole year! Oftentimes we find ourselves so caught up in the busyness of Christmas that we don’t take time to experience the true sense of wonder and awe around us. In The 12 Ways of Christmas, New York Times best-selling author, David Jeremiah touches on twelve aspects that make the season more meaningful for everyone: wonder, sacrifice, humility, charity, creativity, simplicity, affection, reflection, giving, children, music, and tradition. They’re all perspectives that capture the true spirit of why we celebrate Christmas, and how we can live them out through the next twelve months of the year.

A collection of menus and entertaining and decorating ideas for six teas to celebrate Christmas.