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The book was highlighted as a cheerful and eccentric choice for holiday gifting, especially for someone who already seems to have everything. Host Sadie Stein recommended it for its fun approach to entertaining and its attractive reissued design that would look great on a shelf. The overall tone was positive, presenting it as an enjoyable and thoughtful present.
Episode: Sunday Special: Gifting Books for the Holidays
This book, written by a grand dame decorator in the late 40s about how to host parties, was recommended as a cheery, eccentric, and fun gift for someone who seemingly has everything. It has been reissued and looks great on a shelf.
Here's the other thing. The person who has everything does not yet have a window into how you look at them. So when you hand them a book and you say, I thought of you because of X, they're never going to read it, but they're going to think like, oh, that person pays attention to me.
Here's a good one, if you're building up a shelf like this, Entertaining is Fun by Dorothy Draper. Oh, that's so good.