What do you do when you’re not into the holidays? I know I have a good reason, but my lack of enthusiasm was bugging me. I’d also had many writing friends bug me to host another of my “teas” — a social gathering so we could talk writing and get creative. I’d done these the summer before last and called them CreativiTEAs. They were a hit. And I enjoyed getting creative in making the plans.

So, to help motivate myself to decorate for the holidays, I planned a holiday tea. I created deadline pres...