As the holidays approach, we love adding warmth and spirit to all the festivities. Whether you’re hosting a big party, or just having a quiet family dinner, these collections are a perfect way to unite your loved ones around the table.

For more Holiday collections, click here.

Oprah selected VIETRI’s Red Optical Champagne Glasses as NEST candles as her Favorite Things for 2013, and we couldn’t be happier!

According to Oprah, this is her “ultimate, ultimate list of my Favorite Things” … check it out!

We’d love to know: which is your favorite thing on Oprah’s List?  To see our selection of holiday gifts, click here.

Are the holidays The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for you?  Can you not get enough Ho Ho Ho, Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, and Santa Claus?  Or do you want to just chuck it all and head to the tropics — somewhere warm, lush, and sunny, where the sun-bronzed locals don’t see the attraction of a big plump old guy with a big white beard?

Either way, we (and our friends at Vietri) have got you covered.  You can really show off your Holiday spirit with Old St. Nick:

Or you can serve up a not-too-subtle “I Want to be Out of Here!” to all comers at your next holiday party with the Fish-Fish dinnerware:

Click to see Old St. Nick, Fish-Fish, and all our other Vietri dinnerware.

Tell us: Where would you rather be this Holiday season — The North Pole with Santa Claus, or the Tropics with someone who looks nothing like him?

We at Gracious Style love to keep up on great style blogs, and Marisa Marcantonio’s Stylebeat is no exception. In fact, we’ve decided to become a sponsor, and the former style editor for House Beautiful and O Magazine recently returned the love in a holiday-themed post featuring some of her favorite items from our shop.

She chose a palette of greens and browns with metallic accents to enhance this season’s holiday tables.

For more on lifestyle and design, visit Stylebeat’s treasure trove of ideas here.

Creating a picture-perfect Thanksgiving table can seem daunting with so many choices available. Luckily, the editors of Coast Magazine have done the hard work for you! They’ve curated an excellent Thanksgiving selection in their new blog, Creating a Thanksgiving Tablecsape, featuring several items from Gracious Style’s catalog.

They’ve included some of our beautiful tableware in seasonal hues of gold:

We’re just thrilled to be included in Coast Magazine’s feature! To read more about West Coast style, visit their site here.

With Thanksgiving just days away, it’s time to pay homage to our collective love of all things fowl:

Vietri’s Campagna Gallina (literally, “country of the hen”) showcases our hero in a rustic, Tuscan country way.

Mottahedeh’s Chelsea Bird Dinnerware is inspired by designs from Colonial Williamsburg.

Gien’s Sologne dinnerware was created by French animal artist Estelle Rebottaro to capture the wildlife of the Sologne region in north-central France.

Alberto Pinto’s Plumes Rooster features six hand painted roosters on gold gilded Limoges porcelain.  These chickens also teach a morality tale–plan ahead!  They take twelve weeks to deliver, so start thinking about next year’s Thanksgiving on Bastille Day.

Finally, to go along with the dishes, there’s L’Objet’s Bird Napkin Rings, available in gold or platinum:

Here are special picks for a happy Thanksgiving.

With Hanukkah just around the corner, we have all the best finishing touches and gift ideas to make this season unforgettable.

In the shape of a tree, Mary Jurek‘s Odelia Menorah is rustic yet refined.

In rich, winter hues, Sferra‘s Chatham Easy care Table Linens are ideal for the busy host or hostess.

Nambe‘s Challah Bread Knife is an essential for keeping your guests well fed.

Nambe’s Kiddush Cup is simple, yet sophisticated.

Beautiful both inside and out, L’Objet‘s Malachite Candle is the perfect gift for your host.

For more from our Judaica shop, click here.

We know how quickly time flies when you’re getting ready for the holidays, so if you still haven’t ordered your linens for the holidays, all these collections are in stock and ready to ship right away.

To see all our table linen collections, click here.

Thanksgiving is just three weeks away, but you can rest easy: we have lots of tips to keep it simple for you.

1) Add sparkle to your entryway.

2) Place orders from your favorite gourmet store. Don’t forget a Willie Bird smoked turkey from Williams-Sonoma: they arrive fully cooked and are truly spectacular!

3) Dress up your kitchen with new kitchen towels.

4) Keep the kids’ table simple with easy-to-clean placemats.

5) Save time with no-iron tablecloths.

6) Set your table with colorful dinnerware.

7) Make sure to have plenty of flatware on hand.

8) Use your best crystal.

9) Pretend you made everything from scratch (just kidding!).

10) Enjoy yourself!!!

To visit our Thanksgiving shop, click here.

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Do you have any tips you can share with us to make Thanksgiving easy?

Give Dad an escape to the exotic for his office with L’Objet’s animal-themed desk accessories. Crocodiles, leopards and lizards abound on these accessories which he’ll be sure to treasure.

Round out your gift with a nature-themed print from Natural Curiosities for an unforgettable Father’s Day present.