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Whether you’re hosting a family dinner, a casual get-together with friends, a birthday bash, or a New Year celebration, the food needs to be top-notch. And now you can hire professional chefs from Chef Pod and choose your menu from their Indian, Continental, and Oriental culinary expertise. They’ll even help you curate the ideal menu. Once you’ve decided on the menu, the chefs will show up at your door with all the necessary ingredients in tow.

From veggies to spices, they’ve got it all covered, so you can skip the mad rush to the market. Once they arrive at your place, they take over the kitchen, and it’s no longer your area of concern. From chopping to cooking, they handle it all while you enjoy your party and engage in fun conversations with your guests.

You can even hire a butler to…

Never marry a Mitford, as the saying goes, but some of the sisters’ party advice? Golden. In the ’20s and ’30s, long before she published The Pursuit of Love, Nancy Mitford contributed to British Vogue on a number of occasions—hardly surprising, given her close friendship with Cecil Beaton—but never more successfully than at Christmas, when she shared her thoughts on hosting a harmonious gathering at a country pile. Read her hilariously tongue-in-cheek guide to pulling off an acrimony-free party, below.

Christmas is so essentially a time (or should I say, Yule is so essentially a tide?) which ought to be spent in the country, and is so proverbially horrible in London, that the lucky owners of large country houses feel, and rightly, that it is incumbent on them to fill said…

Ideally, the holiday season would be a time of reflection, relaxation, and being with your loved ones. However, the reality is often different. Unfortunately, anxiety, stress, and frustration are common guests in households around Christmas. Especially if you’re the only one running holiday errands while your relatives are complaining all the time.

So, sometimes you need to put your foot down, say ‘enough is enough,’ and draw some healthy boundaries. That’s exactly what redditor u/Disastrous_Rest1999 did. She turned to the AITA online community to share exactly why she’s not going to be hosting Christmas at her house this year.

The holiday season is meant to be a time of peace and introspection. Unfortunately, for many people, it’s a period of intense stress

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Antonio Banderas recently shared his experience hosting former United States President Barack Obama at his home in Los Angeles. According to the renowned Spanish actor, the day was filled with anticipation as he prepared to welcome the distinguished guest. He even revealed a funny anecdote about forgetting his keys inside the house and having to call the White House to gain access.

The actor and filmmaker also told the host of “100% Únicos,” Guillermo Fesser, that the secret password established for security measures was quite curious. It was a simple phrase that only a few people knew, and it was meant to be a fun way to ensure that only authorized persons could access the property. Despite the added security measures, Banderas said hosting Obama was a memorable and enjoyable…