This is a complete guide to food, decorations and gifts for the holiday season, with a feast of recipes and projects. It features over 200 recipes for all types of Christmas dishes and party food, including Roquefort Tartlets, Filet Mignon with Mushrooms, Ginger Florentines and Buck's Fizz. 130 projects show you how to fill your home with handmade ornaments, decorations and table settings, and how to make exquisite cards and gift wraps. It includes a week-by-week countdown for easy planning and organization of shopping and cooking, plus a timetable for preparing food on Christmas Day. All the projects and recipes are shown step by step, with easy-to-follow instructions and 1550 photographs. Christmas is associated with goodwill, festivities, gatherings of family and friends, gifts and generous amounts of delicious food and drink. More and more people are enjoying homemade and handcrafted rather than store-bought food and decorations, and this book holds everything you need to make the festivities a success, with recipes and creative craft ideas. You can enjoy cooking party foods, beautiful cakes, appetizers, main courses and the best Christmas dinner ever, whether you choose to have traditional Roast Goose, or Salmon Steaks with Sorrel Sauce. You can adorn the home with wreaths, garlands, candles and festive table settings, using ideas for dressing the tree or making your own cards. You can involve the kids with fun projects for making gift boxes, and personalized stockings for Christmas Eve. It comes with clear, easy-to-follow instructions the whole family can be involved in making Christmas happy, fun and affordable.