Easy Holiday Entertaining Ideas

Hostess with the Mostess offers cute table-setting tips, and don't miss their ideas for parties by holiday: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. The Budget Smart Girl's Guide to the Universe has tips for party recipes on a budget. Moving to an Apartment has tips for fuss-free holiday entertaining, including entertaining the younger set: "Kids will not be impressed with your decluttered home or your spray-painted sticks tied with a ribbon. However, you can minimize their boredom by planning ahead to keep them entertained." A bunch of bloggers recently provided their best holiday entertaining tips to the San Francisco Chronicle. Australia Entertains has fun, not-just-red-and-green decorating ideas (peacock teal!) Holidash has a guide for celebrating Christmukkah and planning a cookie swap party. Let's Entertain rounds up ideas for her own Christmas party from around the web. No Fuss Fabulous hosted a fun Santa's Breakfast party, and Celebrations at Home has inspiration for a "Let It Snow" party.