Your gift guides are very helpful, and I am happy to have them early in the season. I usually like to shop in person in stores this time of year, so festive and get ideas from displays, but I am doing all my shopping on line this year as I recover from hip replacement surgery. How about a guide for clothing for teenage girls, ages 15-19? Most of us have nieces, granddaughters, or other special women in our lives we would like to buy for. Thinking of basic quality pieces like blazers, skirts, pants, nice tops. Thank you.

Wow! Those are such fun things, Lael. I’ve been to the Biltmore at Christmas; it was just lovely. And I love the Grove Park Inn, too. I’ll certainly take some of these into consideration as I’m planning my content. Thanks so much for sharing.

You asked for suggestions for outings for which you could propose outfits. What a fun prospect! Here are some things on my calendar for Nov/Dec: College football and basketball games. Christmas shopping in Charleston. Candlelight tour at the Biltmore House (cold weather, in and then out of doors), Asheville, NC. Upscale dinner and touring the finalists of the National Gingerbread House Competition at a resort hotel (Grove Park Inn, also in Asheville). Performance of Handel’s Messiah at a college (festive casual). Going to friends’ home for casual holiday dinner. Christmassy dinner w church leadership at the church, festive casual. Looking at Christmas lights w friends (mostly in the car). Christmas Eve service and dinner out at a nice restaurant.

Thanks for helping me get focused on the holidays!