Country Living Christmas at Home

USE & HOME | Decorating

$30.00 U.S. $40.00 CAN.

October 2018

Have yourself a merry little Country Living Christmas with this gorgeous guide to decorating, cooking, and celebrating the best holiday ever! holiday decorating

Country Living knows how to make Christmas memorable, and that’s why

Make your It’s filled with more than 200 beautiful decorating ideas, recipes, Christmas spectacular! and crafts, plus tips galore. Stunning photos show festive table

this spectacular book will become your new go-to resource every year.

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ti oduc settings; splendidly decorated trees;ideas fun and easyIntrChristmas Inside you’ll find 200 fresh

projects, from wreathstree-trimming, to no-sew stockings; for decorating, as gifts from the kitchen; and gourmet-worthy recipes like Turkey Roulade

well as crafting unique and thoughtful

Introdu

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with Sausage-Cornbread Filling, Brown Butter Mashed

gifts. Plus the dozens of recipes will

Potatoes, Slow-Cooker Apple Cider, and sweet treats like

help Snowballs you celebrate deliciously.

Red Velvet and Chocolate & Cranberry Fudge.

It will be a holiday

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October 2018 Lifestyle / House & Home $30.00 ($40.00 Canada) Hardcover • 8 ½" × 9 5/8"; 288 pages ISBN 9781618372703

For publicity inquiries, contact Blanca Oliviery at (646) 688-2548 or boliviery@sterlingpublishing.com. www.countryliving.com DISCLAIMER Reviewers are reminded that changes may be made in this uncorrected proof before books are printed. If any material from the book is to be quoted in a ISBN 978-1-61837-270-3 review, the quotation should be checked 5against the final bound book. Dates, prices, 3 0 0 0> and manufacturing details are subject to change or cancellation without notice.

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PART 3

celebrate

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NIBBLE Crowd-pleasing Appetizers, Sides, and Sips 218

Index 284 Photography Credits 287

SAVOR Showstopping Entrees 236 TASTE Display-worthy Desserts 252

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contents Introduction 07

PART 1

decorate

PART 2

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GATHER Warm and Inviting Spaces 10

give

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MAKE Thoughtful Gifts Crafted with Care 110

FEAST Inspiring Settings for Memorable Meals 58

BAKE Sweet Goodness to Share 138

DREAM Cozy Sleeping Quarters 90

COUNTDOWN The 12 Days of Decorating 172

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decorate PA R T 1

IDEAS FOR EVERY ROOM

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ecorating your home for the holidays is like unwrapping a gift in reverse: Instead of peeling

back the layers of patterned paper, gleefully ripping off ribbons and bows (or gingerly removing them to store in a box for later use), you’re adding on layers, bundling your home—and by extension, all those who enter it—in your most appealing, and personal, array of seasonal accoutrements. From the day you haul home

The holidays are all

that prized specimen from the tree farm (or unearth

about anticipation, and

your beloved artificial number from the storage shed)

for the good times to

to the moment the last heirloom linens have been laid

nothing sets the stage come like a joyfully adorned front door.

out on the dining room table, prepping your home

Seasonal greenery, a

for another year of Christmas festivities is an act of

artwork, even a full-size

celebration in and of itself.

indoors or out.

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cheery bunting, wintry tree—it’s all fair game,

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A tree embellished with pennants from national parks and roadside attractions offers a ready source of conversation starters and ample opportunities for reminiscing about family adventures past.

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Wintry woodland frills (owl and deer ornaments; a forest of flocked bottle-brush trees in lieu of a skirt) evoke a snow-laden trek to grandmother’s house, while flickering clip-on, battery-operated candles hark back to the days of lighting tapers in windows nightly. Antique snowshoes and skis reinforce the frosty feel.

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an organized wrapping station from upcycled finds

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½ TURN BERRY BASKETS INTO BINS. Hung on adhesive plastic hooks, farmers’ market produce baskets organize stamps, gift tags, and glitter, and free up counter space for wrapping packages. ¾ COLLECT STICKERS, LABELS, AND STENCILS in a colorful compression coil. ¿ USE FLOWER FROGS TO KEEP PAINT PENS and markers upright and within reach. À TURN A CHICKEN FEEDER INTO A SPOOL HOLDER. No need to keep your best-loved twine cooped up in a drawer. A chicken trough’s feeder holes make a sweet roosting spot for these wrapping supplies.

(This one’s sitting atop a crate for extra height.) Á EMPLOY WOODEN SPOONS AS RIBBON WRANGLERS. Hung with drapery rod brackets, this kitchen staple makes it easy to select the perfect shade (and unspool it without tangles). Â TURN FISHING RODS INTO WRAPPING PAPER DISPENSERS. Use a handsaw to trim cane fishing poles (or any wooden pole) to desired lengths, then hang with drapery rod brackets.

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CHAPTER SEVEN

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CROWD-PLEASING APPETIZERS, SIDES, AND SIPS

How about we (finally) stop calling them sides, because we all know that the army of veggies, breads, salads, and starches that fill our tables (and our plates) are just as essential as the turkey. (Not to mention the nibbles we try not to fill up on before dinner starts.) It’s time to bring sides front and center, where they belong.

All the dishes pictured here call for five ingredients or fewer (not counting pantry staples like butter, oil, salt, pepper, and spices).

Turn to page 230–231 for the recipes for these holiday-menu mainstays— made easy.

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